Case Study: Northland Power reduces vulnerability patching time with Swimlane

Northland Power Automates Critical Vulnerability Patching

Northland Power, a Canadian power producer operating wind, solar, natural gas, and utility assets across 45+ locations worldwide, needed a better way to secure OT sites, offices, and data centres with a seven-person security team. Manual vulnerability management, patching, and service request handling were creating delays, increasing risk, and stretching limited staff too thin. The company turned to Swimlane’s AI Security Automation platform to help improve efficiency across its enterprise environment.

With Swimlane, Northland Power automated OT asset inventory, vulnerability management and patching, and SecOps service ticket handling by integrating with its existing tools, including a threat intelligence platform and ticketing systems. The company reported a 30% reduction in vulnerability patching time and a 100% efficiency gain in user request handling, and expects to automate remediation for about 92% of critical vulnerabilities going forward.

Northland Power

Shawn McBurnie

Head of IT/OT Security and Compliance