Cyber Engineering
Engineer your OT/IT environment for cyber resilience — not just compliance.
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Who this is for
Utilities — water, electric, and gas — including co-ops, municipals, and transmission operators with regulatory obligations (NERC-CIP for electric, TSA pipeline cybersecurity directives for gas, AWIA / EPA cybersecurity requirements for water) or any OT environment that has outgrown its original security design.
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Overview
Compliance with NERC CIP standards is not the same as security. A utility can check every CIP box and still have OT architecture that a determined attacker can compromise within hours. GridIntel’s Cyber Engineering service works alongside VigilantGrid to assess, design, and implement cyber architecture improvements that reduce real attack surface — not just compliance exposure. Our engineers come from power system backgrounds, not pure IT security backgrounds — they understand why the SCADA system is designed as it is and how security improvements can be made without disrupting operations.
The most common OT security failure mode is not a sophisticated attack — it is an architectural gap that has existed for years, never flagged because it fell outside the compliance audit scope. A PLC set up for vendor remote monitoring and never closed after the warranty period. A historian server bridging the control network and the business network. An RTU running firmware with known vulnerabilities that the vendor stopped patching in 2019. VigilantGrid surfaces these gaps continuously. Cyber Engineering fixes them — implementing the segmentation, access controls, and hardening measures that convert monitoring capability into a genuine security posture.
What’s included
✓OT/IT network architecture assessment with NERC CIP gap analysis and risk-prioritized remediation roadmap
✓Electronic Security Perimeter and Physical Security Perimeter design per NERC CIP-005 and CIP-006
✓Network segmentation implementation: security zones, conduits, and unidirectional security gateways for OT
✓Firewall and IDMZ configuration for OT-compliant boundary protection between control and business networks
✓Secure remote access architecture design for field technician and third-party vendor connectivity
✓Vulnerability assessment against known ICS and SCADA CVEs with remediation priority ranking
✓Patch management program design for OT environments with safety-critical operational constraints
✓NERC CIP evidence package preparation: architecture diagrams, access control matrices, and audit documentation
Standards & regulatory compliance
This service directly supports compliance with the following standards and regulatory frameworks. GridIntel documentation is structured to generate compliance evidence as a byproduct of normal operations.
- NERC CIP-005 electronic security perimeters
- NERC CIP-006 physical security of BES cyber systems
- NERC CIP-007 systems security management
- NIST SP 800-82 Rev 3 industrial control system security guide
- IEC 62443-3-3 OT security zone and conduit architecture
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Key benefits
Why organizations choose GridIntel for Cyber Engineering
“I had no idea that PLC was talking to China. — Engineering Manager, Medium Size Gas and Water Municipality”
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