Drinking water-only company SES Water has appointed Zero Trust Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) vendor, iboss as part of its five-year, £413.9 million (€498 million) strategic business development and investment plan.
SES Water supplies drinking water to over 750,000 people across Surrey, Kent and South London.
Every five years, utility and water companies submit five-year strategic business plans to the industry regulator, Ofwat, setting out their programmes of activity to deliver improved services.
SES Water has earmarked the investment for its operations and development between 2025 and 2030, as well as supporting additional projects like the company’s smart metering programme and the refurbishment of one of its water softening plants.
SES Water has laid out a zero-trust roadmap, supported by specialists, iboss, with the goal of implementing Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) across all its digital infrastructure which, Matt Crockford, head of cyber security at SES Water, said: “After speaking with the iboss team and explaining our challenges and the outcomes we wanted to achieve, we not only felt that the synergy was good, but we also got a sense that their solutions were exactly what we were looking for to address our needs, and at a fraction of the price of other vendors. When we decided to make them our security partner, we knew we’d made the right choice.”
Simon Eappariello, senior vice-president, EMEIA & APJ at iboss, adds: “With SES Water being a Critical National Infrastructure organisation, it is key that the company has effective and efficient cybersecurity measures in place. As it begins to implement its plan for the next five years, the water supplier is going to need strong network security as a foundation for all of the upcoming development.”
SES Water appoints cybersecurity specialist as part of five-year development plan
