The Challenge NorthGrid Energy, a mid-sized provincial utility, entered its annual audit expecting a routine compliance check. The company had a strong record in financial…
The Challenge In late autumn, a provincial power utility serving nearly two million customers came under public and regulatory scrutiny after failing a comprehensive governance…
The Challenge Across Canada’s utilities sector, a decisive shift is underway. The trigger is not a single breach or a dramatic regulation. It is a…
The Challenge Northern Grid Utilities, a mid-sized electricity distributor serving several Ontario communities, had a solid operational reputation. In early 2025, new cyber-resilience reporting requirements…
The Challenge Mounting geopolitical tensions and an uptick in hacktivist activity have put Canadian utilities under pressure. In the past six months, several mid-sized power…
The Challenge In early spring, Northern Hydro, a mid-sized electricity transmission operator serving several rural regions in Canada, commissioned its annual third-party penetration test. The…
The Challenge When the lights went out across three northern municipalities one frigid January morning, the culprit wasn’t a blizzard or a transformer failure, it…
The Challenge Clearwater Regional Utility, a municipal water provider serving roughly 150,000 residents, experienced a major privacy incident after detecting unusual outbound traffic from its…
The Challenge Over the past year, Canadian utilities have faced a series of smart meter data breaches affecting several mid-sized regional distributors. Millions of data…
The Challenge When a mid-sized Canadian power utility, known here as Northern Current Energy (NCE), received an advisory from the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security…
