Eversource Energy

Eversource Energy is New England's largest energy delivery company, serving 4.4 million electric, gas, and water customers across Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. With nearly 10,000 employees and a NYSE listing under ES, it's the kind of critical infrastructure target where the threat model isn't theoretical - grid SCADA systems, gas pipeline controls, water treatment automation, and the smart meter endpoints multiplying across a three-state footprint all present real attack surfaces that nation-state actors and ransomware crews actively probe. The company is investing billions in smarter, more resilient infrastructure, which means the attack surface is expanding in parallel. Smart grid deployments, IoT-connected devices across electric, gas, and water operations, and the convergence of IT and OT networks create a complex environment where cybersecurity isn't bolted on - it's structural. The technical domains span energy delivery, clean technologies, and smart infrastructure, each carrying distinct ICS/SCADA security requirements and regulatory obligations under NERC CIP and similar frameworks. For security practitioners, the draw is operational scale combined with genuine consequence. This isn't protecting a SaaS dashboard - it's defending infrastructure where a compromised system could mean loss of heat to millions of homes in a New England winter. The team operates across traditional enterprise security, OT/ICS security, and the emerging challenges of distributed energy resource integration. Employees live in the communities they serve, which adds a layer of local stakeholder that larger utilities often lack.