Energy
Reliable IT for utilities and energy firms, with analytics, cloud and security that respect the OT line.
MBE certified (Minority Business Enterprise)
Overview
Technology in Energy
Energy companies manage large asset bases, field crews and control systems, and their business IT has to work alongside operational technology without putting it at risk. Reliability and safety come first, and cyber rules for the sector keep growing.
Desmata supports the IT side of that picture: asset and field systems, operational analytics, cloud migration and cybersecurity, plus the engineers and analysts to staff them. Our work focuses on the connections between operational data and business systems.
We stay on the right side of the boundary. OT changes follow your engineering and change control, and we staff people experienced in operational environments where that is needed.
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Call us on +1 (214) 407-8089Challenges
What technology leaders here are dealing with
Challenge 1: A wider attack surface as IT and OT connect
Remote access, vendor connections and data feeds link business networks to control systems. Attackers target those links, and an incident can affect operations as well as data.
Challenge 2: Asset and field systems that lag the field
Work orders, inspections and asset records often live in separate systems and paper. Crews lose time, and planners cannot see true asset condition.
Challenge 3: Sensor and meter data nobody can use
Smart meters, SCADA historians and sensors produce huge volumes. Without a governed data platform, analytics stay in one-off projects.
Challenge 4: Growing reliability and security evidence
NERC CIP now reaches low impact assets, vendor remote access and internal network monitoring. Pipeline operators work under TSA security directives. Teams need records that stand up to review.
Challenge 5: An aging workforce and thin IT bench
Experienced operators are retiring, and IT staff who understand both enterprise systems and operations are hard to find.
How we help
Where Desmata fits in
Modernize asset, work and field applications
We build mobile work order, inspection and asset apps that connect to your enterprise systems, so crews capture data once and planners see it right away.
Build operational and asset analytics
We bring SCADA historian, meter, work order and finance data onto one governed platform for reliability, outage and maintenance analytics.
Migrate enterprise workloads to cloud
We plan and run cloud migrations for enterprise and analytics workloads, with segmentation that keeps control networks separate.
Assess and harden security at the IT/OT boundary
We review identity, remote access, monitoring and incident response on the enterprise side and at the connection points, and give you a ranked plan.
Support enterprise and asset system programs
Implementation teams handle SAP, maintenance and GIS rollouts and upgrades, including data migration and testing.
Staff energy and utility IT roles
We recruit data engineers, asset system analysts, cloud engineers and security staff, including people with experience around SCADA and OT.
Use cases
What we deliver in this sector
Mobile work order and inspection app
Replace paper and re-keying with a field app that writes to the asset system, with offline support for remote sites.
Predictive maintenance analytics
Combine sensor, historian and work order data to flag assets likely to fail, and prioritize crews accordingly.
Meter and grid data platform
Land AMI and distribution data on a governed platform for load, outage and loss analysis.
Secure remote and vendor access review
Map how vendors and staff connect, close unnecessary paths and add monitoring and records for the rest.
ERP and asset system cloud migration
Move SAP and maintenance workloads to cloud in phases, with tested rollback and a clear cutover plan.
Talent
Roles we staff
- Data engineer
- Asset management systems analyst
- SAP utilities and plant maintenance consultant
- Maximo analyst
- GIS developer
- Cloud and infrastructure engineer
- OT and ICS cybersecurity analyst
- SCADA and historian integration engineer
- Field service application developer
- Business analyst
- QA and test engineer
- Technical project manager
Regulations and standards
Standards we design for
The rules that shape technology work in this sector, and that we build and staff around.
NERC CIP
The reliability standards for the bulk electric system, covering access, monitoring, recovery and supply chain risk. We design to the requirements that apply to your assets and staff people experienced in them.
TSA pipeline security directives
Pipeline owners and operators work under TSA directives on cyber risk, segmentation and reporting. We work within them on enterprise-side systems and connections.
IEC 62443
The industrial automation and control systems security series. We use its zone and conduit thinking when designing connections between business and control networks.
NIST SP 800-82 and NIST CSF 2.0
NIST guidance for securing operational technology and for managing cyber risk. We use it to structure assessments and plans.
DOE Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model (C2M2)
A maturity model that energy organizations use to rate and improve cyber capability. We map assessment findings to it when you ask.
These are the regulations and standards that shape work in this sector. We design and staff for them. They are not certifications held by Desmata.
Technology
Platforms and technologies in this sector
- SAP S/4HANA Utilities
- SAP Plant Maintenance
- IBM Maximo
- AVEVA PI System
- Ignition
- SCADA historians
- Esri ArcGIS and Utility Network
- ADMS and OMS integration
- Itron and AMI data
- OSDU data platform
- Azure IoT
- AWS IoT
- Databricks
- Power BI
Services
Services that support this work
Technology
AI & Advanced Analytics
Predictive modeling, NLP and machine learning, and real-time stream processing with Kafka, Spark and Flink.
Technology
Cybersecurity & Risk Mitigation
Security assessments and posture audits, identity and access management, endpoint detection, threat monitoring and incident response.
Technology
Cloud & Infrastructure Modernization
Cloud-native design, infrastructure as code, DevSecOps and CI/CD, secure data platforms and cost-optimized hybrid and multi-cloud architecture.
Technology
Implementation & Systems Integration
End-to-end implementation of platforms and AI solutions, integrated with the applications, data and identity systems you already run.
Talent
IT Staffing & Strategic Resourcing
Specialized recruitment for IT, data, cybersecurity and product roles, with proprietary candidate-matching intelligence and recruiters who have focused on IT since 2012.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Do you work on control systems directly?
We focus on enterprise IT and the data and connections around operations. Changes to control systems follow your OT engineering and change control, and we can staff people with experience in those environments.
Can you help us prepare for NERC CIP reviews?
We can assess the enterprise-side systems, access and monitoring that feed your evidence, and help build records that are easy to produce. Compliance decisions and filings stay with your compliance team.
Do you serve oil and gas as well as utilities?
Yes. Both run asset, field and operational data systems and both face OT security pressure, although the rules differ. We tailor teams to the segment.
How do you protect operational data during a cloud move?
We design segmentation, identity controls and logging before data moves, and migrate in phases with rollback plans. Control networks stay separate from enterprise cloud workloads.
Can you supply short-term project staff?
Yes. Contract staffing fits outage-season peaks and system rollouts, and contract-to-hire or direct hire fit permanent needs.
Reduce risk where business IT meets operations
Describe your asset, data or security priorities. We will respond with a scope, the risks we see and the people you would need.
MBE certified (Minority Business Enterprise)