As energy networks become more distributed, digitized, and automated, the cyber risk facing critical energy infrastructure is expanding rapidly.
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), solar PV sites, EV charging infrastructure, smart meters, and microgrids are now foundational to grid stability-but they also introduce new, highly specialized attack surfaces.
To address this challenge, Claroty and SaiFlow have partnered to deliver comprehensive cybersecurity protection for distributed energy devices and sites - bridging deep OT visibility with real-time, energy-aware threat detection.
The Distributed Energy Cybersecurity Gap
Unlike traditional centralized infrastructure, distributed energy environments are geographically dispersed, often unmanned, remotely managed through cloud platforms, and reliant on specialized energy protocols such as Modbus, OCPP, IEC 61850, DNP3 and more.
When compromised, these systems can be manipulated to alter power output, trigger unauthorized charging or discharging cycles, falsify meter readings, or disrupt grid services - introducing safety risks, operational downtime, financial loss, and regulatory exposure.
Traditional IT and OT security tools lack the operational and energy context needed to detect these attacks. Securing modern energy environments requires solutions purpose-built to understand both cyber behavior and physical power operations.
A Joint Solution Built for Energy Operations
The Claroty-SaiFlow integration delivers end-to-end protection for distributed energy environments by combining the strengths of both platforms:
- Claroty xDome provides foundational visibility across IT, OT, and IoT assets-automatically discovering and profiling devices across the cyber-physical system.
- SaiFlow Energy Runtime Security adds deep, energy-specific intelligence-monitoring energy protocols and correlating network activity with real-time power behavior.
Together, the platforms create a unified, contextual view of energy operations that enables security teams to detect threats that would otherwise remain invisible.
Key Capabilities Enabled by the Partnership
Unified Asset Visibility Across IT, OT & Energy IoT
Automatically discover and inventory everything from corporate servers to inverters, meters, and BESS-eliminating blind spots across distributed sites.
Energy-Contextual Threat Detection
Detect sophisticated “logic attacks” by correlating network events (e.g., firmware changes) with physical anomalies (e.g., voltage spikes or unauthorized discharge) in real time.
Accelerated Incident Response for Remote Sites
Translate complex energy-protocol activity into clear, actionable alerts-dramatically reducing investigation and response times for unmanned locations.
Automated Compliance Readiness
Map assets, vulnerabilities, and risks to regulations such as NERC CIP, NIS2, and local grid codes, simplifying audits and compliance reporting.
How the Integration Works
At the foundation, Claroty xDome continuously discovers and inventories all assets across the cyber-physical environment, spanning IT, OT, and energy IoT systems. This asset intelligence is synchronized with the SaiFlow platform, ensuring both solutions operate from a shared, consistent view of the environment.
SaiFlow then applies deep energy-specific context to these assets-fingerprinting devices at the protocol and operational level, establishing behavioral baselines, and identifying unsafe configurations such as exposed ports, misconfigured voltage thresholds, or insecure control states.
By continuously monitoring energy protocol traffic and correlating it with real-time power behavior, SaiFlow detects malicious or anomalous operations that would otherwise appear legitimate at the network layer.
This combined, passive monitoring approach enables real-time detection of energy-specific threats and misconfigurations, without disrupting critical operations, while providing security teams with the clarity needed to respond quickly and decisively.
Securing the Future of Distributed Energy
As distributed energy becomes a cornerstone of grid resilience and decarbonization, cybersecurity must evolve from a bolt-on control to a core operational capability.
By combining Claroty’s CPS visibility with SaiFlow’s energy runtime intelligence, this partnership delivers a new level of protection for modern energy environments-helping operators secure today’s distributed assets while preparing for the increasingly autonomous, AI-driven grids of tomorrow.
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