Case Study: Large Oil and Gas Company secures unmanaged IoT devices with Awake Security

Large Oil and Gas Company - Customer Case Study

Large Oil and Gas Company faced a hidden security risk when two internet-connected exercise bikes were discovered on the corporate network. The unmanaged IoT devices were communicating insecurely, using unencrypted HTTP and basic authentication, while remaining invisible to existing security and configuration management tools. Awake Security identified the blind spot and the exposure before attackers could exploit the path to critical assets.

Using the Awake Security Platform, Awake Security automatically detected weak authentication, cleartext credentials, and sensitive data leaving the network, triggering an adversarial model alert for the insecure IoT devices. This helped the company’s IT and security teams uncover the devices, understand the risk, and address the issue before it could be used for a foothold on the network.