Case Study: SA Power Networks achieves continuous security control validation and cost savings with AttackIQ

SA Power Networks, an Australian Energy Company, Improves Security Control Validation and Reduces Costs with AttackIQ

SA Power Networks, South Australia’s regulated electricity distributor, faced the challenge of defending critical infrastructure with a small security team and needed a proactive, continuous way to validate controls against the most relevant threats (identified using the MITRE ATT&CK framework). To move beyond ad hoc penetration testing and reactive log checks, SA Power Networks evaluated and adopted AttackIQ, deploying the AttackIQ Security Optimization Platform and later the co‑managed AttackIQ Vanguard service.

AttackIQ implemented continuous, automated breach-and-attack simulation and security control validation (aligned to MITRE ATT&CK) and integrated with SA Power Networks’ EDR and other tools to test real-world attack scenarios. As a result, AttackIQ replaced expensive, limited penetration tests with continual assessment, delivered significant annual cost savings, reduced log retention/storage costs by about 10%, improved risk-based prioritization and reporting to stakeholders, and enabled the security team to better manage cyber risk.

SA Power Networks

Nathan Morelli

Head of Cybersecurity and IT Resilience