Energy and Utility
Powering Communities Is Hard Enough. Security Shouldn’t Be the Reason It Stops.
The energy sector doesn’t get judged the way other industries do. A breached retailer loses customer trust. A breached utility loses power to hospitals, water treatment, and traffic systems (sometimes across an entire region at once). That’s not even hypothetical. Cyberattacks targeting U.S. utilities rose nearly 70% in 2024, and 67% of energy, oil, and utilities organizations reported a ransomware attack that same year. That’s the highest rate of any sector tracked. The systems running the grid were built for reliability, not for a world where every substation, sensor, and control system is one misconfigured connection away from the open internet. That gap is exactly where we work.
Energy and utility environments carry a specific kind of risk most industries don’t: operational technology that was never designed to be internet-connected, now bolted onto networks that are. We consistently find the same patterns:
At MageByte utility penetration testing, we test both sides of the environment, including your corporate IT (networks, applications, cloud, employee access) the same way we would for any organization, and your OT/ICS environment with the caution it demands.
We scope OT testing deliberately, often working from architecture review and passive analysis before any active testing touches a live control system, and we always test IT/OT segmentation directly. If someone got into your corporate network tomorrow, how far could they get toward the systems that control physical power delivery?
Whether you’re working towards NERC CIP, IEC 62443, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, or sector-specific regulatory requirements, our assessments are designed to produce evidence your security team, leadership, and auditors can all rely on.
Every engagement follows recognized methodologies such as PTES, OWASP WSTG, and NIST SP 800-115, with findings prioritized by real-world risk.
The grid doesn’t get a second chance after an outage. Let’s test it before it needs one.
FAQs
Will penetration testing disrupt our live operations or cause downtime?
Our system combines speed, flexibility, and powerful automation tools into one seamless workflow designed for modern teams.
We already pass our annual NERC CIP audits. Why do we need penetration testing?
Our system combines speed, flexibility, and powerful automation tools into one seamless workflow designed for modern teams.
Can you assess environments that include both IT and OT systems?
Our system combines speed, flexibility, and powerful automation tools into one seamless workflow designed for modern teams.