Microsoft solutions for Energy, Oil & Gas
Remote sites, industrial control systems, and a threat model that includes nation states.
What this sector is dealing with
Energy operators run control systems in places with poor connectivity and high consequences, alongside a corporate estate that looks like any other enterprise. The two are connected, usually more than anyone realises, and that connection is what attackers look for.
We help energy businesses see the operational estate properly, segment it, and monitor both sides from one place, while the corporate Microsoft environment gets the identity and data controls it needs.
The problems we get called in for
OT and ICS exposure
Control systems were designed for reliability, not authentication, and they are now reachable.
Remote and low-connectivity sites
Rigs, plants, and substations need management that works without a technician on site.
Nation state threat model
Critical national infrastructure attracts adversaries that ordinary controls were not designed for.
Safety and uptime first
Nothing gets deployed that risks a safety system or an unplanned outage.
What Microsoft brings to energy, oil & gas
The products that genuinely apply to this sector, and what each one is actually for here. Much of this sits inside licensing you may already hold.
Microsoft Defender for IoT
Passive discovery and monitoring of ICS and SCADA environments without agents on control systems. It builds the asset inventory most operators do not have, detects OT-specific threats, and feeds Sentinel so operational and corporate signals meet in one place.
Microsoft Sentinel
One detection layer across corporate IT and the operational estate, with retention for investigation and the reporting obligations that follow an incident.
Microsoft Entra ID
Privileged Identity Management and Conditional Access over the accounts that can reach operational systems, which is where the blast radius actually is.
Microsoft Intune
Devices at remote sites managed and remediated without a visit, with compliance policy and Autopilot doing the work travel cannot.
Microsoft Defender XDR
Corporate endpoint, email, and identity protection, so the ordinary route in stays closed.
Microsoft Azure
Segmented landing zones and Azure IoT for operational telemetry, with the network design keeping data flowing out without opening a path back in.
Typical engagements in this sector
The projects we are most often brought in to deliver for energy, oil & gas, from full implementations to targeted uplifts.
Defender for IoT ICS monitoring
Passive discovery and monitoring of control systems without agents, building the asset inventory most operators do not have.
IT and OT segmentation
Boundaries drawn deliberately between corporate and operational estates, with data flowing out without opening a path back in.
Privileged access control with PIM
Standing admin rights removed across the accounts that can reach operational systems, which is where the blast radius actually is.
Remote site device management
Intune compliance and Autopilot so devices at rigs, plants, and substations are managed and remediated without a visit.
Frameworks that shape the work
These are the frameworks and regulations we most often design against in energy, oil & gas. We map Microsoft controls to the framework you are actually held to, and build the evidence trail as we go rather than reconstructing it the week before an audit.
IEC 62443
The standard for industrial automation and control system security, written for environments where availability outranks confidentiality.
NERC CIP
Critical infrastructure protection for the North American bulk electric system, with audited controls and real penalties.
NIS2
The EU directive raising security and incident reporting duties across essential and important entities, with accountability at management level.
ISO 27001
The information security management standard most enterprise buyers and auditors ask for by name. It wants a system, not a set of tools.
NIST CSF
A framework for organising security around identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover. Useful as the spine that other frameworks hang off.
Where to go next
The solutions we most often deliver for this sector.
Defender XDR
Correlated protection across identity, endpoint, email, and cloud apps in one investigation.
Explore Defender XDRMicrosoft Sentinel
Cloud native SIEM with tuned analytics, automation, and a SOC your team can operate.
Explore Microsoft SentinelManaged Network
Segmentation, connectivity, and firewall policy managed as the estate changes.
Explore Managed NetworkZero Trust
Verify explicitly, grant least privilege, and assume breach, applied to the estate you actually run.
Explore Zero TrustWe work across sectors
Working in energy, oil & gas? Let us look at your estate.
Book a discovery call and we will walk through what you already own, what is switched on, and where the gaps are that matter in your sector.