The Challenge
India’s national power transmission grid is one of the largest and most complex in the world. With thousands of substations, SCADA systems, and interconnected OT and IT environments, it faces persistent threats from nation state actors, cybercriminals, and insider risks. Traditional cybersecurity tools struggled to cover both legacy OT systems and modern IT networks, creating security silos, analyst fatigue, and slow incident response times. The client needed an indigenous, scalable, and reliable solution that could defend critical national infrastructure without relying solely on foreign technologies.
The Solution CDPL deployed CDC-ON®, a unified Active Defence platform, across PowerGrid operations. Built in India, CDC-ON was uniquely capable of bridging IT, OT, and IoT environments under one integrated SOC platform. Its modular architecture consolidated all essential SOC functions—SIEM, SOAR, MDR, UEBA, Vulnerability Analysis, and advanced log managemen —into a single analyst-first interface.
Key highlights of the deployment:
• IT-OT Convergence: Real-time visibility and monitoring of SCADA traffic, legacy OT devices, and modern IT endpoints.
• Customizable Playbooks: Low-code automation reduced response times and eliminated repetitive manual tasks.
• Scalability: Secured tens of thousands of endpoints across distributed environments, with support for future expansion.
• Resilience: Seamless operation in air-gapped and hybrid infrastructures, ensuring uninterrupted defense even in isolated networks.

The Results
• 50% reduction in SOC operational costs by consolidating multiple siloed tools into CDC-ON.
• Significant decrease in Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) and Mean Time to Respond (MTTR) to threats.
• Regulatory compliance with national cybersecurity standards for critical infrastructure.
• Enhanced analyst efficiency, reducing alert fatigue and increasing investigation accuracy.
• Strengthened national cyber sovereignty, with an indigenous solution securing critical infrastructure.
Why It Matters
PowerGrid’s deployment of CDC-ON demonstrates how an indigenous, unified platform can effectively secure one of the world’s largest and most critical infrastructures. By replacing multiple disjointed tools with a single, customizable platform, CDC ON not only improved efficiency and resilience but also positioned India at the forefront of critical infrastructure cybersecurity.