Transformation designed for Energy & Utilities leaders.
Modernizing IT and OT Foundations for the Digital Enterprise.
Advisor Perspective:
Blurring Lines of IT and OT
Understanding the inter-relation and convergence of IT and OT has become necessary in the modern technology and business world. It is more important than ever to consider the two domains in combination with an integrated design and operations approach to achieve successful business outcomes in the Energy & Utility industry.
Service Area Focus
Infrastructure Resilience, Infrastructure Strategy, Integrated Security
Specialized focus for Energy & Utility organizations:
Network Modernization and Fiber
Legacy utility network architectures were designed around aged systems that limited real-time visibility, scalability, and data-driven operations. Owning fiber assets gives utilities full control over their connectivity needs, enabling secure, high-performance communication and reducing reliance on third-party providers.
OT/ICS Network Security
Most OT/ICS network architectures were designed for reliability and availability, not security. IT/OT convergence has created attack surface that legacy segmentation models weren't built to address. Windval designs OT network security architecture that reflects operational reality without compromising production continuity or safety system integrity.
IT/OT Convergence Foundation
Limited automated/accurate/current asset inventory is common across legacy OT networks. PLCs, RTUs, HMIs, engineering workstations, and servers are frequently undocumented, unpatched, and unknown. Clean asset inventory is a prerequisite for effective convergence and management of IT/OT networks and a critical element for closing security gaps.
Network Rationalization
Talk about substation standards
IT Business and Portfolio Planning
Built around Energy & Utility business capability models - tailored for effective and consistent communication between IT and Business stakeholders, Windval develops custom reporting of Service Portfolios, IT Service Domains, and Applications for enhanced management of your IT health, performance, and lifecycle - aligned with IT and Business objectives.
Risk & Compliance Frameworks
Windval designs and operationalizes compliance programs that address the modern threat landscape and satisfy regulatory requirements without becoming purely administrative exercises disconnected from operational risk. Security assessments, program design, management, remediation, and audit readiness for NERC and NIST, and risk-based OT/ICS patching frameworks.