Case Study: American Electric Power strengthens grid cyber defense with IronNet Cybersecurity

From American Electric Power’s Chief Security Officer

American Electric Power (AEP), one of the largest electric utilities in North America, needed to protect its grid and 5.5 million customers from increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks. To strengthen its defenses and support the stability of the U.S. electric grid, AEP turned to IronNet Cybersecurity and its Collective Defense platform for high-fidelity threat sharing and actionable cyber intelligence.

With IronNet Cybersecurity, AEP improved its ability to share anonymized threat data in near real time with sector peers and government partners, helping build a stronger collective defense across the energy sector. The collaboration supported faster, more relevant threat response and reinforced AEP’s role as a leader in critical infrastructure security, although the case study does not provide specific numerical performance results.

American Electric Power (AEP)

Steve Swick

Chief Security Officer