Energy Data & AI: A DSPM Playbook for Secure Innovation

The energy sector forms the backbone of national infrastructure. Cyberattacks here can disrupt power grids, compromise critical operational data, and even pose risks to national security. Between 2020 and 2022, reported cybersecurity incidents in the energy sector doubled, showing just how vulnerable it has become.

DSPM is a modern, data-centric security framework that provides continuous visibility into where sensitive data lives, how it flows, and who has access. For the energy sector, DSPM enables organizations to protect operational and customer data, prevent breaches, and ensure compliance with strict regulations while enabling safe AI adoption.

Some of the top challenges include Increased attack surface due to IT/OT (Information Technology/Operational Technology) convergence, rising regulatory obligations under frameworks like NIS2 and the Cyber Resilience Act, lack of full visibility into sensitive data across hybrid cloud and on-prem environments & growing pressure to adopt AI securely without exposing sensitive operational or customer data.

DSPM maps sensitive data to regulatory requirements and automates evidence collection for audits. This helps energy providers comply with regulations such as GDPR, CPRA, and sector-specific standards, while also reducing manual workload for compliance teams.

This playbook is ideal for CISOs, data security leaders, compliance officers, and AI governance professionals in the energy and utilities space who want to reduce risk, strengthen compliance, and adopt AI responsibly.

Securiti’s DSPM platform provides unified discovery, classification, contextual intelligence, and access governance across hybrid and multicloud environments. It ensures that sensitive data used in AI pipelines is governed, secured, and compliant, enabling organizations to innovate safely without compromising trust.