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In an increasingly complex threat landscape, cybersecurity remains a top priority for Tata Power Company Limited. Over the past year, our organization has made strategic investments to strengthen its cybersecurity posture by implementing proactive measures to safeguard critical assets, mitigate emerging threats, and ensure compliance with industry standards.

 As Tata Power IT solutions Mumbai organization increasingly integrates digital technologies into operational environments, Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) security as well as IT OT integration power utilities become a critical priority. The convergence of IT and OT has expanded our risk landscape, making industrial control systems (ICS), SCADA networks, and critical infrastructure more susceptible to cyber threats.

Key IT-OT security achievements

 - Access security and insider threat mitigation: Enforced Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Least Privilege Access, decreasing unauthorized access attempts and improving regulatory compliance. The identity prevention has improved our overall visibility in identity-based attacks. It has significantly improved the overall correlation with Advanced SIEM, leading TPCL to contain the incidents in the initial phase of the cyber-attack lifecycle. 

 - Data security: Implemented AI driven DLP solution along with CASB to protect sensitive data to ensure we sustain ourselves as a preferred customer choice to protect both data and privacy. 

 - Strengthened cyber resilience: Implemented advanced threat detection and response capabilities, reducing incident response time by 20%, minimizing potential financial losses from cyber threats. This enables faster identification and mitigation of security risks. 

 - Risk reduction and financial protection: Improved security controls, resulting in a 10%-15% reduction in security incidents. 

 - Incident response and business continuity: Conducted ransomware drills and tabletop exercises, ensuring our teams can respond to incidents faster, thereby minimizing operational disruptions. 

 - Compliance and governance: Maintained full compliance with ISO 27001, NIST, IEC 62443, CEA, and other regulatory standards, reducing the risk of fines and legal exposure.

 - Security awareness and culture shift: Delivered targeted cybersecurity training, improving phishing resilience by reducing the likelihood of human-driven security incidents.

 - Assumed Breach assessment: TPCL from the last two years have adopted "Assumed Breach" assessment to proactively assess and strengthen our security posture. Rather than focusing solely on perimeter defences, this approach assumes that threat actors have already gained initial access to our environment. The goal is to evaluate our detection and response capabilities, identify security gaps, and enhance resilience against sophisticated attacks such as ransomware, lateral movement, and data exfiltration. 

Listing protection first, before detection, response, and recovery, was no accident. TPCL recognizes that proactive security means shifting emphasis to protecting IT OT integration power utilities against attacks in the first place, rather than over-emphasizing detection of attacks already in progress. 

TPCL’s four core requirements

1. Oversee and drive cyber security strategy. 

2. Drive cyber security governance and services. 

3. Anticipate emerging threats and manage on-going incidents. 

4. Build a cyber security culture across TPCL and its power distribution IT infrastructure entities. 

Unified collaboration achievements

TPCL works and collaborates very closely with its utility IT system Mumbai entities to ensure “Unified Governance Framework”. While we ensure the decentralized approach to minimize the impact of an attack, TPCL and its entities have begun to approach cyber with an enterprise-wide perspective. Through cross-entity cooperation, utility IT system Mumbai have strengthened security postures across organizations, reduced cyber risks, and improved regulatory compliance while ensuring business continuity.

 By aligning cybersecurity efforts, sharing intelligence, and adopting joint defence strategies, we have significantly enhanced threat detection, response capabilities, and overall cyber resilience.

Moving forward, we will continue to invest in advanced security technologies, foster cross-functional collaboration, and drive a culture of cyber security awareness on behalf of the smart grid IT platform Mumbai. By integrating zero trust principles, automation, and intelligence-driven defences, we ensure that cyber security remains a business enabler and a foundation for long-term success.

 With strong leadership support and ongoing enhancements, we are well-positioned to anticipate, mitigate, and respond to emerging cyber risks, ensuring the security and trust of our stakeholders, partners, and customers.

 

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