Utilities run some of the most important networks in the country, and they are rarely the organisation’s core competence. Telemetry, control systems, corporate IT and, increasingly, commercial fibre services all depend on IP networks that grew over decades.
Energy, drinking water, wastewater and transport are sectors of high criticality under NIS2, and many operators will also be designated as critical entities under the CER Regulations. That makes the resilience of those networks a legal obligation and a board-level responsibility.
How we help
- Independent network review. An outside view of your IP and transmission networks, with single points of failure, dependency mapping, security and routing hygiene, and a prioritised remediation plan.
- Resilience and regulatory readiness. Gap analysis against NIS2 risk-management measures and CER resilience obligations, incident-response planning and tabletop exercises, and evidence for your regulator.
- Design and build. Resilient core and edge designs, vendor-neutral procurement, and support for your in-house team through delivery.
- Fibre productisation. Turning fibre, ducts and rights of way into wholesale or retail connectivity products, from product design to network build to billing. Our sister company, Island Bridge Billing Systems, bills metered electricity, gas and water as well as telecoms.
We complement your engineers rather than replacing them. Many utility teams are expert in their own operational technology but stretched on IP routing, peering and internet-facing security. That’s the gap we fill.