OVO Energy partners with Noetic Cyber to deliver critical ...

PRNewswire/ -- Noetic Cyber, an innovator in Continuous Cybersecurity Asset and ... OVO Energy is the UK's third largest energy supplier, ... SendaRelease Phone +44(0)2074545110from8AM-5:30PMGMT ALLCONTACTINFO ContactUs +44(0)2074545110 from8AM-5:30PMGMT LogIn SignUp Resources Blog Journalists GDPR NewsinFocus BrowseNewsReleases RegulatoryNews Business&Money Auto&Transportation BusinessTechnology Entertain­ment&Media FinancialServices&Investing GeneralBusiness Science&Tech ConsumerTechnology Energy&NaturalResources Environ­ment HeavyIndustry&Manufacturing Telecomm­unications Lifestyle&Health ConsumerProducts&Retail Entertain­ment&Media Health Sports Travel Policy&PublicInterest Policy&PublicInterest People&Culture People&Culture LogIn SignUp Resources Blog Journalists GDPR Overview ContentDistribution SponsoredPlacement Multimedia DisclosureServices CisionCommunicationsCloud® LogIn SignUp Resources Blog Journalists GDPR GeneralEnquiries MediaEnquiries Partnerships WorldwideOffices LogIn SignUp Resources Blog Journalists GDPR Innovativeapproachtocyberassetmanagementwillhelpsecurityteamsfocusonpreventativecontrolstoimprovecyberrisk   BOSTON,June6,2022/PRNewswire/--NoeticCyber,aninnovatorinContinuousCybersecurityAssetandControlsManagement,todayannouncedthatithasbeenselectedbyOVOEnergyasasolutionpartnertohelpthemachievegreatervisibilityandinsightsintotheircurrentcybersecurityposture.OVOisdeployingtheNoeticplatformtogainbettercontextandunderstandingoftheircyberrisk. OVOEnergyistheUK'sthirdlargestenergysupplier,and hasadoptedacloudfirstapproach,enabledbyimplementingacultureoftechnicalautonomy,whereteamsatOVOselectthecloudplatformsandservicesbestsuitedfortheirspecificneeds. ThismeansOVO'ssecurityteamneedsanautomatedwaytounderstandtheircybersecuritylandscapeacrossadiverserangeofcloudplatforms,SaaSapplications,on-premisessystemsandmore. Theteamwaskeentoadoptadatamodelthatsupporteddifferentbusinessunitsandproductteams,allowingthemtomaintaintheircurrentagility,butensuringthatcentralvisibilityofsecuritycontrolcoverageandconfigurationwasavailabletosecuretheorganization,andmeettheirregulatoryrequirementsaspartoftheUK'scriticalnationalinfrastructure. Toachievethisnewkindofvisibilityandassetintelligence,OVOselectedNoeticastheirpartner.TheNoeticplatformworksacrossOVO'sdifferentcloudandon-premisessystems,integratingwithexistingsecurityandITmanagementtoolstoingestsecuritydata,buildingamulti-dimensionalmapofallassetsintheorganizationandthecyberrelationshipsbetweenthem.Thisassetintelligence,visualizedthroughaninnovativegraphdatabase,enablestheOVOteamtoidentifysecuritycoveragegaps,cloudservicemisconfigurationsandviolationsofsecuritycontrols,allprioritizedbasedonbusinesscriticalityandpotentialimpact. TheNoeticplatformusesstandardizedAPIstointegratewithOVO'sexistingtoolingforEDR,vulnerabilitymanagement,devicecontrol,applicationsecurity,networkmonitoring,cloudmanagementandmoretocontinuouslydiscover,inventoryandmanageallassetsinOVO'senvironment. Gartnerdescribesthisnewapproachtounderstandingcyberrelationshipbetweenassetsas'cyberassetattacksurfacemanagement'(CAASM)andtheystatethatit'svaluetosecurityteamsis'toimprovebasicsecurityhygienebyensuringsecuritycontrols,securitypostureandassetexposureareunderstoodandremediatedacrosstheenvironment'1. "OVOisknownasaninnovatorintheUKenergymarketinitsbusinessmodelandapproachtotechnology,"saidPaulAyers,CEOandco-founderatNoeticCyber,"Ourpartnershipwiththemshowcasesthatinnovationaswe'reworkingtogethertoaddressafundamentalcybersecuritychallengeinfindingandsecuringunknownandunprotectedassets." InitialusecasesforNoeticwithinOVOEnergyinclude: Identifyingandremediatingsecuritycoveragegapsacrosscommoncloudandendpointusecases. Providingcriticalinsightsintopatchingandvulnerabilitymanagementbymappingbusinesscriticality,assetexposureandexploitabilitytotheexistingvulnerabilityprocess. Supportingthesecurityoperationsteaminincidentinvestigationwithmoredetailedinformationandcontextonaffectedassets WorkingwithGRCtoensurethatallpartsoftheOVObusinessarebuildingandmanagingcontrolsbasedonasharedunderstandingofsecuritydata. FormoreinformationontheNoetic'sContinuousCyberAssetManagementandControlsPlatform,pleasevisithttps://noeticcyber.com/platform/. AboutNoeticCyberNoeticprovidesaproactiveapproachtocyberassetandcontrolsmanagement,empoweringsecurityteamstosee,understand,fixandimprovetheirsecuritypostureandenterpriseecosystem.Ourgoalistoimprovesecuritytoolsandcontrolefficacybybreakingdownexistingsiloesandimprovingtheentiresecurityecosystem.Foundedin2019,NoeticisbasedinBostonandLondon.Formoreinformation,visitwww.noeticcyber.com,orfollowusonLinkedInorTwitter. AboutOVOEnergyOVOEnergywasfoundedin2009andredesignedtheenergyexperiencetobefair,effortless,greenandsimpleforallcustomers. Thecompanyhasspentthelastdecadeinvestinginthemarketleadingtechnology,customerserviceoperationsanddigitalproductstohelpmemberscuttheircarbonemissions.OVOisonamissionthroughitssustainabilitystrategyPlanZerototacklethemostimportantissueofourtime;theclimatecrisis,bybringingourcustomerswithusonthejourneytowardszerocarbonliving.OVOEnergyhascommittedtobeinganetzerocarbonbusinessandachieveboldscience-basedcarbonreductiontargetsby2030,whilehelpingmembersreducetheirhouseholdemissionsatthesametime. 1 Gartner,HypeCycleforSecurityOperations,2021 SOURCENoeticCyber × Modaltitle