Power and Utilities Cyber Risk Management
Protecting the Grid
Minimizing disruption to the electric power industry is vital to the health and security of the nation and its economy.
Cybersecurity Solutions for the Electric Power Sector
A connected network of electric facilities, power lines and transformers distribute the essential energy lighting up homes and businesses every day. Powering all of a community’s functional utilities—from communications and transportation systems to water and wastewater plants—has become one of the most critical infrastructure requirements of our modern society.
Protecting the nation’s grid and keeping the lights on with a proactive cybersecurity program is essential. Minimizing disruption to the electric power industry’s supply chain is vital to the health and security of the nation and its economy.
For more than 50 years, ABS Consulting has delivered trusted safety, risk and compliance management services to energy and power companies as well as government agencies. Recognized by Forbes magazine as one of the world’s best management consulting firms, we leverage decades of experience leading industrial incident investigations, improving asset management and process safety practices, and developing practical solutions to sustain the safe, secure and reliable delivery of electric power, renewable and nuclear energy and utilities.
Are You Building a Solid Cybersecurity Foundation that Meets NERC CIP Standards?
With new and foreseen changes to the grid, power companies should go beyond compliance to build a solid cybersecurity foundation that meets NERC CIP standards.
Learn the 5 foundational fix-actions your organization should apply to prioritize safety over compliance for long-term results.
Real-Time Solutions
Shield OT Cyber Assets for Reliable Electric Power
In its Critical Cyber Asset Identification standard, NERC underscores that business and operational demands for managing and maintaining a reliable bulk electric system rely on cyber assets that support critical reliability functions and processes, as well as services and data. This dependency on critical cyber assets increases risk exposure for electric power and utility assets. Robust, reliable and real-time cybersecurity controls are necessary to mitigate cyber threats and potential attacks on the OT systems powering the electricity grid and public utilities.
ABS Consulting can join forces with your operations team to customize both technical and managed services to identify vulnerabilities and drive continuous monitoring through our advanced Industrial Security Operations Center (ISOC).
By understanding the cyber risk in an organization’s specific operating environment, we can prioritize risk mitigation strategies and help you develop and implement a cybersecurity program based on your organization’s risk tolerance. This involves convening multidisciplinary teams comprising process engineers, cybersecurity experts, IT specialists and operational personnel to collaboratively assess vulnerabilities, evaluate potential loss scenarios and develop comprehensive risk profiles.
OT cybersecurity consulting services include:
- Risk Advisory Services
- Strategic Risk assessments
- OT Cybersecurity Program Development
- Standard-Based Assessments
- Regulatory Compliance
- OT Cybersecurity Assessments
- OT-Specific Security Training
- Government-Only Cybersecurity Services
By strengthening cybersecurity across power generation, transmission and distribution, operators can significantly enhance their compliance, protect critical infrastructure, and minimize operational downtime.
Trusted Cybersecurity Advisors
Meet the team safeguarding the nation's most critical infrastructure.
NERC CIP Compliance Services
Build a baseline set of cybersecurity measures to meet NERC CIP standards.
Security and Compliance Solutions
Strengthen Power Operations Resilience
Trusted by the United States Department of Homeland Security, our Cybersecurity Services team is at the forefront of understanding cyber risk, working with industrial partners and regulators to solve the industry’s most pressing operational challenges. From reinforcing power plants to examining cyber supply chain risks to public utilities, we’re here to support operational security, resiliency and compliance.
We work with power and utility companies to identify which compliance and security-driven metrics are critical to business and establish a framework to communicate results and progress through an operational lens. With excellent governance and compliance at the center of all we do, ABS Consulting helps organizations develop comprehensive cyber risk management strategies, processes and procedures that integrate with existing operational safety and security management practices.
We understand that physical security is the first line of defense for any organization’s critical infrastructure. The increased digitalization of operational technology (OT) assets brings cyber threats to the frontline, so managing both cyber and physical security risk enhances operational resiliency. ABS Consulting keeps pace with these evolving risks, applying both engineering rigor and a strategic approach to identify, assess and mitigate OT cyber threats.
We’ve helped protect industrial operations with risk-based solutions and regulatory guidance for over five decades, establishing a credible track record of implementing Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) compliant cybersecurity controls for the power sector.
Empowering Solutions
Reduce Cyber Risk for Safer Power Operations
ABS Group is a premier provider of cybersecurity consulting, implementation, and risk management services to the electric power, energy and utility industry. We work with power companies and transmission owners and operators to understand and reduce their cyber risk, from the earliest concept and design phases to integrating a program into existing operations. Let us help you develop and implement the controls you need to manage cyber risk for safer, reliable and compliant operations.
Our qualified consultants leverage multiple engineering disciplines and government agency expertise to help companies protect, defend, detect, and respond to a cyber incident. Explore our OT cybersecurity solutions and get started with a consultation.
Uptime Peace of Mind
Manage Risk to Secure Your Operations
ABS Consulting is a premier provider of cybersecurity consulting, implementation, and risk management services. We will work with you to understand and reduce your cyber risk. From the earliest concept and design phases to integrating a program into existing operations, we'll help your organization develop and implement the controls you need to manage cyber risk.
Our qualified consultants leverage multiple engineering disciplines and emergency management expertise to help companies protect, defend, detect, and respond to a cyber incident. Explore our OT cybersecurity solutions or get started with a consultation at your facility.
Contact Our Team Today
ABS Consulting is your trusted advisor for Cyber Risk Management. Get started with a custom plan to secure your operations.
Our Ecosystem of Partners
Our partners make the difference. With customers industry-wide, including critical infrastructure, we understand there are niche cybersecurity needs and challenges that must be addressed. Our agnostic approach and dedicated partners allow us to integrate products and services into comprehensive cybersecurity solutions that allow our clients to take control of not only their OT risk but their IT risk via our trusted team of cybersecurity experts.
