Manage Utility Devices Remotely while Complying with NERC CIP

Published By SUBNET Solutions Inc.

• Published April 2011
• 16 Page(s)

This white paper is for electrical utilities that need to maintain and manage substation assets, maintain high reliability of power systems; and efficiently comply with regulatory standards.

Vendor-specific password, security, faceplate, and LED display capabilities of substation IEDs makes it difficult for utilities to easily manage the access to, and passwords of, all their different substation IEDs. This limitation also complicates compliance with NERC CIP standards during this process. This, in turn, impairs utilities’ ability to operate efficiently.

The white paper discusses the challenges faced by one of the largest utilities in North America and what they are doing to manage the 100,000+ passwords across thousands of substations.