Find the exposures attackers use to reach energy operations
Energy companies run firewalls, VPNs, cloud services and connected devices across dispersed sites. Hadrian maps them from the outside, tests them continuously and shows which exposures can be exploited.
Full visibility of external assets across 25+ countries, with security staff saving 40 hours a week on average.
Where energy & utilities is exposed
Unpatched firewalls at the edge
In May 2023, 22 Danish energy companies were compromised in a coordinated attack through Zyxel firewalls (CVE-2023-28771). SektorCERT reports that attackers reached some companies' industrial control systems and several companies had to go into island mode.
Forgotten remote access
Colonial Pipeline's 2021 ransomware attack started with a legacy VPN profile that only had single-factor authentication. CEO Joseph Blount told the US Senate it was a VPN the company could not see and it did not show up in any testing.
State actors targeting network appliances
In February 2024 CISA reported that Volt Typhoon, a PRC state-sponsored group, had compromised IT environments in the energy sector, among others. The group commonly exploits network appliances from vendors such as Fortinet, Ivanti, NETGEAR, Citrix and Cisco.
Map assets across every site and country
Dispersed sites and new technology make a complete inventory hard to keep. Hadrian scans the internet continuously for assets tied to your organization. For SHV Energy, which operates in 25+ countries, it processes 1.1TB of data a day to keep the inventory current.
Know which edge devices need patching first
Firewalls and VPNs are a common way into energy networks. Hadrian's in-house ethical hackers update the platform daily for emerging threats, and new changes trigger tests automatically, so you see which internet-facing devices are exploitable as new exploits appear.
Cut the manual checks your team runs every day
Hadrian automates discovery, validation and retesting. When your team marks a risk as resolved, Hadrian retests it automatically. SHV Energy's security staff save 40 hours a week on average, the equivalent of one full workweek.
Find remote access before attackers do
Hadrian starts with no scope and discovers internet-facing assets the way an attacker would, including forgotten subdomains, cloud instances and legacy servers. Passive scans run every hour.
Catch leaked VPN and staff credentials
Hadrian ethically monitors the dark web for infostealer infections and credentials tied to your domains. You see the infected device, malware type, compromised accounts and stolen session cookies, so you can reset access first.
Confirm what's exploitable, then confirm it's fixed
Hadrian attempts exploitation and alerts only on exposures with a confirmed path to compromise, with reproduction steps and remediation guidance. After a fix, it retests to confirm the exposure is closed.
More from customers
Energy is one of the sectors NIS2 covers, and in-scope entities must put cybersecurity risk-management measures in place. Hadrian gives you continuous discovery of internet-facing assets and validated findings, and Nova pentest results map to NIS2. Hadrian supports these requirements; it does not certify compliance.
Hadrian tests from the outside, the way an attacker would. It finds systems that can be reached from the internet, including OT and IoT, and validates which exposures are exploitable. It doesn't need agents or access to your control network.
Hadrian is designed to monitor around the clock without disrupting your systems. Passive scanning is virtually silent. Active tests run only when needed, for example when a new asset appears or a configuration changes. With Nova, you choose the scope and when each test runs.
Minutes. Hadrian is a fully managed cloud service with no sensors or agents, and it deploys from the cloud in under five minutes.
Yes. SHV Energy uses Hadrian to find risks in newly acquired assets during M&A. Atlas offers a mergers and acquisitions assessment as an add-on, and role-based access lets each business unit see its own assets.
See your energy attack surface the way an attacker does
Book a demo to see how Hadrian finds internet-facing systems across your sites, validates which exposures are exploitable and frees your team from manual checks.