Case: BW Offshore
BW Offshore enhances their IT and OT security worldwide with managed security services. They prioritize safeguarding both IT and operational technology (OT) environments as these systems converge and face cybersecurity threats.
Together, with us at NTT Security, we created a cybersecurity strategy aligning with their risk profile, enabling 24/7 threat monitoring in OT and maintaining security across all operations.
About BW Offshore
BW Offshore engineers and operates a fleet of innovative Floating Production, Storage and Offloading solutions. By leveraging four decades of offshore operations and project execution, they create tailored energy solutions for evolving markets world-wide. BW Offshore’s global presence, operational integrity and extensive experience leads the way in global floating production solutions for the oil and gas industry.
What Services did we support with?
- Endpoint Prevention
- Device Management
Challenge
Securing Integrated IT and OT Environments:
Security is a critical component of BW Offshore’s technology strategy. With vessels operating around the world, including West Africa, Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico, Asia and Europe, they needed to secure their IT and OT environments. As for all types of marine vessels the FPSO also contains an IT and OT environment.
The modern business environment requires maximum visibility into the operational environment. This because a steady exchange about around production and equipment uptime is required by executive teams. ‘The amount of data that we’ll be able to extract is only going to increase with digitalization. This will create real value for both the company and our clients, but before we can fully exploit this opportunity, we need a strong cybersecurity foundation in place,’ says Enrico Piccini, Manager Cyber Security, IT & Systems at BW Offshore.
“Working with NTT, we have a partner who can meet our requirements across both our IT and OT environments.
This allows us to focus on enhancing the operational efficiency of our global fleet”
Enrico Piccini, Discipline Manager: Instrument &Telecom, BW Offshore
Solution
Merging expertise with data
Working with us, BW Offshore initially focused on the IT environment on their vessels and their global offices, to ensure protection against current and future cyberthreats. At the same time, together with NTT Security they performed a POC with a dedicated OT Threat Detection tool which gained visibility across their OT environment and went on adopting security policies, standards, processes and controls and an accurate asset database providing insight into potential risks and allowing them to apply resources and controls in the most effective way and in line with their strategy.
These insights allowed us to incorporate security into our everyday operations and deploy 24/7 monitoring of both the IT and OT environments,’ says Fritz Ekløff, Head of IT and Systems at BW Offshore.
Vision
Mitigate potential threats in advance
NTT Security receives IT and OT telemetry to our Gothenburg SOC via satellite link. As many MDR offerings ingest and process IT telemetry, our SamurAI MDR platform also ingests and processes OT telemetry from leading vendors of specialized OT Threat Detection tools. Processing the IT and OT telemetry in parallel allows for our cyber security analysts to do analysis of IT and OT on One Single Pane of Glass. The analysts will see and verify alerts from both realms on the same timeline and pick up even traces of malicious activity in any production plant and even on board an ocean-going vessel.
All telemetry from vessels and international offices is routed through a central system at their Oslo head office, giving them and us full visibility. With access to our main Security Operations Center in Gothenburg, BW Offshore can leverage our comprehensive monitoring capabilities and advanced threat detection services. With our insights and next-generation analytics, they can take action to mitigate potential threats before they impact operations – both in IT and OT or both.
24/7 protection
With the secure foundation in place,
BW Offshore can explore the
possibilities that greater visibility of
their OT environment offers.
Leveraging advanced threat
detection and 24/7 monitoring
they can deploy the most
appropriate security solution for
each of their vessels.
Secure IT enviroment
Leveraging our Security Operations
Centers, BW Offshore are notified
of any incidents in both their IT
and OT environments and any
potential impact this might have
on production. They’re also able
to adapt the level of monitoring to
match the risk profile of each vessel.
Opening up the data opportunity
With the potential to extract
more data from their production
environment BW Offshore can
explore the potential that this offers,
without incurring additional risk
from connecting their
OT and IT systems.
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