Intelligent utilities and smart cities technology provider IPKeys Power Partners has acquired N-Dimension Solutions, a Top 200 MSSP for 2019 that supports numerous electric utilities. Moreover, EnerTech Capital, a venture capital firm that specializes in energy innovation, invested in IPKeys.
IPKeys plans to integrate N-Dimension cyber threat detection and remediation capabilities into its Cyber Lab as a Service (CLaaS) cybersecurity services and solutions for North American municipal and public safety organizations, the company said. In addition, N-Dimension will continue to serve its current customers.
CLaaS allows utilities to monitor and report on IT infrastructure, according to IPKeys. It uses the following "3-lane approach" to protect utilities against cyberattacks:
CLaaS supports outage management, meter data management and other IT and OT systems for utilities, IPKeys stated. It also can be deployed on-premise using hardware or virtual solutions.
A Closer Look at N-Dimension
N-Dimension provides the N-Sentinel intrusion detection system (IDS) to help organizations address internal and external cyber threats.
Organizations can use N-Sentinel to monitor and scan live network traffic and endpoint devices, N-Dimension indicated. They also can leverage N-Sentinel to access real-time threat intelligence and analyze security data and reports.
