West Burton Energy Leverages Tenable OT Security To Improve Security, Safety and Efficiency

Tenable®, the Exposure Management company, today announced West Burton Energy is using Tenable OT Security to deliver operational technology (OT) asset visibility, OT vulnerability management, and threat detection – use cases that have proven challenging for so many companies in the power industry. This has enabled West Burton Energy to reduce threat-detection alerts by 98% and improve efficiency by 87%.

As part of the UK’s critical infrastructure, West Burton Energy is an advanced and efficient Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) plant and 49 MW battery energy storage facility that delivers 1,333 MW of power to the National Grid; enough electricity to power 1.5 million homes and businesses. Since deploying Tenable OT Security, West Burton Energy has reduced the time and resources needed to manually manage its asset inventory, saving more than 200 hours per year. Additionally, it has been able to create efficiencies in identifying, mitigating and remediating OT vulnerabilities.

“With Tenable OT Security tuned and trained to prevent false positives we’ve reduced the number of reported events by 98%, resulting in tremendous time savings,” explains Tom Keyworth, C&I Engineer, West Burton Energy. “What used to take two days per week to manage now takes only a few hours, and we’ve improved efficiency by 87%. Rather than chasing false positives, the team can focus on remediating the security alerts that put operations at the greatest risk.”

Tenable OT Security is purpose built to safeguard converged IT and OT industrial environments without disrupting productivity. It brings visibility, security, and control to industrial environments, critical infrastructure and more, helping organizations maintain productivity, meet compliance requirements, and stay safe from cyber attacks. West Burton Energy is also using Tenable Nessus, built into Tenable OT Security, within one of its OT environments to scan Windows servers and network switches and other IT equipment. Simply initiating a scan across the entire Windows environment helps the team discover vulnerabilities, for example, from the impact of an OEM’s latest release or a version of software that is out of date.

“For power plants, healthy OT systems are crucial for high uptime and safety, as they control and monitor essential equipment, such as generators, turbines, transformers, and more,” adds David Cummins, Senior VP of EMEA, Tenable. “Their team has worked closely with ours, sharing knowledge and expertise, which allows us to help them not only reach, but exceed their goals.”

West Burton Energy’s use of Tenable OT Security is detailed further in this case study.

About Tenable

Tenable® is the Exposure Management company. Approximately 44,000 organizations around the globe rely on Tenable to understand and reduce cyber risk. As the creator of Nessus®, Tenable extended its expertise in vulnerabilities to deliver the world’s first platform to see and secure any digital asset on any computing platform. Tenable customers include approximately 65 percent of the Fortune 500, approximately 50 percent of the Global 2000, and large government agencies. Learn more at tenable.com.