Shockproof Security: How Hydrovolt Powers Up OT Cyber Resilience

Challenges: Unmanaged and left behind remote access commissioning solutions created backdoors into the Hydrovolt systems. The remote access tools that were present are known to have shared credentials for the vendor’s team, and the devices themselves had partial access to the production network. The inventory spreadsheet rarely matches all the devices in the plant–this was true for Hydrovolt. When equipment is locked in vendor cabinets, or part of complex production systems they are unknown with unmanaged risks.

Solution: Hydrovolt chose Claroty xDome and xDome Secure Access as AWS-based SaaS solutions to gain visibility and security fast. The Claroty Platform provided complete asset visibility quickly so the team could take action to reduce risk. They found quick wins by removing rogue tools to lower existing risk and eliminate malicious remote access.

Hydrovolt is able to better secure their mission by leveraging The Claroty Platform to accurately track and contextualize risks in their CPS environment. The team got a quick start by leveraging Claroty’s active discovery techniques and procuring via AWS Marketplace. Shutting down insecure remote access immediately reduced the business’s vulnerability to breaches, and they’re just getting started. Leveraging xDome and xDome Secure Access, the Hydrovolt team will continue reducing their risk with an automatically maintained asset inventory and prioritized insights.