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Hybrid Cloud and OT Modernization for a Global Energy Enterprise

IT, OT and edge, brought together on a governed Azure foundation - with security and industrial analytics that finally see the whole picture.

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Hybrid Cloud and OT Modernization for a Global Energy Enterprise - architecture illustration
Enterprise overview

Global energy enterprise

65
Facilities
2,200+
IT servers
450+
OT systems

A global energy enterprise operates dozens of facilities where IT and OT systems have historically been managed as separate worlds. Modernization pressure - and rising OT threat - demanded a unified approach.

The Problem

IT, OT and edge - operating in isolation.

Separate technology stacks, separate security tooling and separate operating models meant blind spots for security teams and slower innovation for the business.

Fragmented monitoring

OT visibility lived outside enterprise security operations.

Rigid on-premises stack

Traditional infrastructure could not carry modern analytics.

Slow innovation

Edge and data initiatives stalled without a shared platform.

The Zappsec Solution

A governed Azure foundation that reaches to the edge.

  1. 1
    Governed Azure landing zone

    Enterprise-grade Azure foundation with policy-as-code guardrails.

  2. 2
    OT-aware security operations

    Unified security monitoring extended to industrial systems and edge.

  3. 3
    Edge and industrial analytics

    Data pipelines from facilities into governed Azure services.

Architecture

Reference architecture at a glance

Azure landing zone extended to facilities, unifying IT, OT and edge under one governance and monitoring model.
Azure landing zone extended to facilities, unifying IT, OT and edge under one governance and monitoring model.
Outcomes

Outcomes that changed the operating model

35%
Lower unplanned downtime

Unified monitoring surfaced problems earlier across IT and OT.

65
Facilities on a common model

One governance pattern applied across the global estate.

IT + OT
Unified security operations

One SOC view across enterprise and industrial systems.

Operations, engineering and security teams now work from one shared picture of the estate.

Technologies and platforms

The stack behind the transformation

Microsoft AzureAzure IoTAzure SentinelTerraform

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