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Vectra AI Inc.

Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security
Applicable Industries	Utilities
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Cybersecurity
Services	Cybersecurity Services
Challenge	Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, a utilities provider that supplies wholesale electric power to 44 electric cooperatives across Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Wyoming, faced a significant challenge in protecting its corporate and subscriber data from cyberattacks. The threat of a cyberattack shutting down the national electric grid is real, and utility companies are beefing up security measures to keep the lights on and the heat running for households and businesses. Tri-State's internal networks, which store both corporate information and subscriber data for 1.5 million customers, had to be protected. Multiple hosts, or master computers, are located throughout the wide area network and support 1,500-plus Tri-State employees. These hosts are critical to the utility’s business and way too valuable to take any risks with their security. However, Tri-State lacked visibility into the hosts’ activity and when potential threats did come up, there was no context to the type or degree of threat, and no prioritization. Read More
About Customer	Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association is a utilities provider that supplies wholesale electric power to 44 electric cooperatives throughout a 200,000 square-mile service territory across Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Wyoming. The company generates and transmits electricity throughout a 200,000 square-mile service territory spanning four states. The internal networks of the company store both corporate information and subscriber data for 1.5 million customers. Multiple hosts, or master computers, are located throughout the wide area network and support 1,500-plus Tri-State employees. These hosts are critical to the utility’s business and way too valuable to take any risks with their security. Read More
Solution	Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association decided to track security threats in real time with the Cognito® network detection and response platform from Vectra®. The Cognito platform provides real-time detection and analysis of active network breaches. It provides deep continuous analysis of Tri-State’s internal and Internet network traffic to automatically detect all phases of a breach as attackers attempt to spy, spread and steal high-value data. Using a combination of data science, machine learning, and behavioral analysis, known and unknown threats are proactively detected and automatically scored and correlated. Vectra’s Threat Certainty Index™ automatically displays the more significant threats in real time based on contextual scoring so Tri-State can address detections that matter the most. Tri-State has experienced such good results with Cognito in the corporate environment that it plans to expand Cognito network detection and response to the power plants and field locations. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security

Applicable Industries

Utilities

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Cybersecurity

Services

Cybersecurity Services

Challenge

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, a utilities provider that supplies wholesale electric power to 44 electric cooperatives across Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Wyoming, faced a significant challenge in protecting its corporate and subscriber data from cyberattacks. The threat of a cyberattack shutting down the national electric grid is real, and utility companies are beefing up security measures to keep the lights on and the heat running for households and businesses. Tri-State's internal networks, which store both corporate information and subscriber data for 1.5 million customers, had to be protected. Multiple hosts, or master computers, are located throughout the wide area network and support 1,500-plus Tri-State employees. These hosts are critical to the utility’s business and way too valuable to take any risks with their security. However, Tri-State lacked visibility into the hosts’ activity and when potential threats did come up, there was no context to the type or degree of threat, and no prioritization.

About Customer

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association is a utilities provider that supplies wholesale electric power to 44 electric cooperatives throughout a 200,000 square-mile service territory across Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Wyoming. The company generates and transmits electricity throughout a 200,000 square-mile service territory spanning four states. The internal networks of the company store both corporate information and subscriber data for 1.5 million customers. Multiple hosts, or master computers, are located throughout the wide area network and support 1,500-plus Tri-State employees. These hosts are critical to the utility’s business and way too valuable to take any risks with their security.

Solution

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association decided to track security threats in real time with the Cognito® network detection and response platform from Vectra®. The Cognito platform provides real-time detection and analysis of active network breaches. It provides deep continuous analysis of Tri-State’s internal and Internet network traffic to automatically detect all phases of a breach as attackers attempt to spy, spread and steal high-value data. Using a combination of data science, machine learning, and behavioral analysis, known and unknown threats are proactively detected and automatically scored and correlated. Vectra’s Threat Certainty Index™ automatically displays the more significant threats in real time based on contextual scoring so Tri-State can address detections that matter the most. Tri-State has experienced such good results with Cognito in the corporate environment that it plans to expand Cognito network detection and response to the power plants and field locations.

Impact #1	Provide visibility of internal hosts to halt active network breaches
Impact #2	Gain real-time insight of real and false threats
Impact #3	Reduce time spent chasing false alarms

Impact #1

Provide visibility of internal hosts to halt active network breaches

Impact #2

Gain real-time insight of real and false threats

Impact #3

Reduce time spent chasing false alarms

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