Energy, Environment, & Water Cybersecurity
Energy, Environment, & Water cybersecurity with cyberelements: Zero Trust IAM protecting critical infrastructure, ensuring compliance, and securing operational continuity.
Critical Infrastructure: The Energy & Water Cybersecurity
The energy, water, and environmental sectors are the foundation of modern society. However, as these industries digitize, they face growing cybersecurity risks. IT and OT convergence, remote access vulnerabilities, and targeted cyberattacks pose serious threats to operational resilience and regulatory compliance.
cyberelements provides a Zero Trust IAM solution designed to secure access, protect critical systems, and ensure business continuity, reinforcing Water cybersecurity.
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Energy, Environment, & Water cybersecurity challenges
In the Energy, Environment, and Water sectors, securing critical infrastructure is increasingly complex due to regulatory demands such as NIS2, which require strict separation between regulated and non-regulated environments, both organizationally and network-wise.
The convergence of IT and OT systems calls for functional and organizational isolation while leveraging shared technologies for efficiency. Managed devices are essential for controlling and verifying workstations, while unmanaged devices from service providers must still adhere to stringent security requirements.
With a growing reliance on cloud and SaaS infrastructures, securing web-based applications becomes a must.
Additionally, ensuring secure, clientless access for field operators using tablets and maintaining end-to-end traceability, including individual access accounts, are critical for compliance and operational security.
Read our guide to discover key strategies for addressing these challenges.
The cyberelements Main Features
Multi-Factor Authentication
(MFA)
In the Energy, Environment, and Water sectors, protecting critical infrastructure starts with strong authentication. cyberelements’ Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) ensures that only authorized users can access SCADA systems, cloud platforms, and industrial control networks. Therefore, helping to prevent cyber threats such as credential theft and unauthorized access.
With a Zero Trust approach, cyberelements MFA makes security seamless, allowing field operators to log in securely from tablets without the need for client installation, while enforcing strict access controls on both managed and unmanaged devices. It helps organizations stay compliant with NIS2 regulations, protect their operations, and keep their systems running efficiently.
Discover how it works in this video →
Least Privilege Access
Approach
Least Privilege: A Key Principle for IT Security
Least Privilege A key principle for IT security The principle of least privilege is a fundamental concept that frequently appears in numerous cybersecurity guides on
Not everyone needs full access to critical infrastructure, granting excessive permissions increases cybersecurity risks. cyberelements’ Least Privilege Approach ensures that users, whether they are employees, contractors, or field operators, only get the minimum access required to perform their tasks.
This reduces the attack surface, prevents unauthorized modifications to SCADA & industrial control systems, and helps maintain compliance with NIS2 regulations.
By dynamically adjusting permissions based on roles and real-time security context, cyberelements strengthens security without disrupting daily operations.
Read the article to learn how enforcing least privilege enhances security.
Privileged Access
Management
Protecting critical infrastructure demands continuous monitoring and real-time threat detection to prevent unauthorized activity. cyberelements’ Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution ensures that only verified users can access critical control systems while continuously tracking and analyzing their actions for potential threats. If a suspicious action is detected, cyberelements automatically blocks the session, preventing potential security breaches.
With Identity Management, organizations can enforce strict authentication measures, ensuring that every login is tied to a known and authorized user while granting the right access to the right person. Centralized identity governance ensures that only authorized personnel can access critical infrastructure such as pumping stations, chemical treatment systems, energy distribution networks, and environmental monitoring platforms.
Every action is logged, providing full audit trails to support regulatory compliance and security best practices.
Discover how it works in this video →
Implementing a PAM solution from cyberelements was a no-brainer for us. It secured our network and made managing third-party access a lot easier. The solution was quick and easy to implement, and it’s been a ‘set and forget’ system that’s worked seamlessly, even with third-party vendors. It’s given us the peace of mind we needed to focus on growing our business securely.
Comply with cyberelements
Energy, Environment, and Water Cybersecurity Compliance
In the Energy, Water, and Environment sectors, compliance with the NIS2 Directive is critical to ensure the protection of essential services and mitigate cybersecurity risks.
cyberelements supports organizations in meeting the requirements set forth in Article 18 2d & 21 1b (Supply Chain Security), helping to protect against threats that may arise from third-party vendors and supply chains. With a focus on securing access to critical infrastructure, cyberelements implements robust Access Control Policies & Asset Management as outlined in Article 21, ensuring only authorized personnel can access sensitive systems.
The solution aligns with Article 24 & 21 1e, as well, by providing continuous monitoring and auditing, enabling organizations to track and log access to critical control systems, ensuring full visibility and accountability.
Additionally, to meet Article 21 1b, cyberelements enforces Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).
cyberelements is designed to support compliance with NIS2, ensuring that security measures are in place to protect key assets and operations in these sectors.
Watch the video with Bernard Debauche at Cyber Expo to learn more about how cyberelements can help your organization stay secure and compliant.
cyberelements made a real difference in helping us comply with NIS2. Their solution, including multi-factor authentication and privileged access management, was essential in ensuring our critical energy infrastructure remained secure while meeting regulatory requirements. The implementation process was straightforward, and now we have peace of mind knowing that our systems are properly protected and access is fully controlled.
Securing Leading Organizations
