Case Study: Energy Company achieves two-thirds faster investigations and real-time forensics with Proofpoint Identity Threat Defense

Energy Company Powers Up Defenses with Proofpoint

This multinational energy company—providing electricity, exploration and related services to millions—needed better security visibility across a complex attack surface that spans on‑premises and cloud infrastructure, SCADA networks, numerous partner connections and a large DevOps environment. With compliance requirements and previous incidents forcing time‑consuming manual forensics (often requiring confiscated laptops), the SOC sought faster threat identification, improved incident response and instant forensic data.

The company deployed Proofpoint Identity Threat Defense (Proofpoint Shadow), an agentless deception solution that plants realistic decoys on endpoints to detect and trap attackers. The deployment delivered real‑time attacker visibility, rich forensic telemetry and ServiceNow integration, leading to only positive alerts, a two‑thirds reduction in investigation time, discovery of critical misconfigurations, and incontrovertible evidence for action — a solution the company now plans to extend to SCADA, IoT and remote sites.