CASE STUDY:
Reducing Vendor Risk in Critical Infrastructure

BRIEF:

A critical infrastructure organization had deployed third-party tools that hadn’t undergone security review and were directly interfacing with operational systems.

ROLE OF MAX2:

Max² assessed both the vendor tools and the overall security posture, engaged with the threat intelligence community, and identified previously unknown risks.

WHAT WAS DELIVERED?

Delivered a third-party risk report and provided remediation guidance while working with the vendor to improve the software’s security posture.

OUTCOME:

The utility improved its security maturity, mitigated potential vendor-driven vulnerabilities, and built a framework for evaluating new third-party tools going forward.

INDUSTRIES:

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