Energy & Utilities (critical national infrastructure, OT security, remote site connectivity)

Evidence finding

PARTIALLY VERIFIED, WITH ONE CLAIM THAT COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED - see full breakdown below. CONFIRMED - Orica (Australia-based, world's leading producer of commercial explosives/blasting systems for mining, quarrying, oil & gas, construction; 13,000+ employees, 120+ countries): BT case study (19 December 2023, filed under BT's 'Digital transformation' category on the manufacturing case-study hub - note BT categorises Orica as manufacturing/mining, not 'Energy & Utilities'). BT has worked with Orica since 2015. BT shifted Orica from MPLS to full SD-WAN, added a Zero Trust approach to network access with granular per-user security policies, DDoS protection, firewalls, secure web gateways, user segmentation for certified workloads, a security policy/posture management platform, and new global detection & response (EDR/XDR) capabilities replacing signature-based endpoint security. Named quotes from Chris Crozier (CIO, Orica) and Tris Morgan (BT Managing Director). CONFIRMED - Snam (cornerstone of Italy's energy sector: natural gas transportation, storage and regasification; BT partner for 20+ years): case study dated 19 September 2024. NOT SD-WAN-specific - this covers BT's 'SAFE' cyber risk quantification/threat management platform, integrated with CrowdStrike and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. Named quotes from Giovanni Signorelli (Cyber & Operation Security Manager) and Massimo Cottafavi (Director Cyber Security & Resilience). Genuine, sourced evidence of a BT relationship with a true energy-sector company, but not evidence of BT's SD-WAN/SASE product specifically in that sector. COULD NOT VERIFY - Ixom (the chemicals business spun off from Orica in 2014-2015): a third-party AI research summary claimed BT deployed 'Agile Connect / Nuage technology' integrated with Azure Virtual WAN across 45 sites in 16 countries, cutting network costs by up to 25%. Despite multiple targeted searches, NO case study page, press release, or any independent source could be found confirming BT has ever worked with Ixom, let alone these specific figures. This claim should be treated as unverified and NOT cited or repeated - it has the hallmarks of a fabricated/hallucinated claim (plausible-sounding specific numbers with no corroborating source anywhere).