PowerLight Technologies works at the leading edge of power-beaming research and has been recognised with three NASA awards. Organisations doing original research carry a risk profile that ordinary businesses do not.

The challenge

The company's most valuable asset is its intellectual property. Research organisations working with government and aerospace partners face both the everyday threat landscape and a heightened interest from actors who want what they are building.

What we did

We implemented a cybersecurity strategy scaled to the value of what was being protected, rather than to the headcount of the company. That meant tightening identity and access first, then building visibility so that unusual activity is noticed rather than discovered later.

• Identity and access management across staff and systems
• Continuous vulnerability monitoring
• Endpoint detection and response
• Recovery capability tested rather than assumed

The result

The research team can work without security becoming an obstacle, and the business can meet the expectations of the partners and agencies it works alongside.