What is PD IEC/TR 62351-10 - Power systems management and associated information exchange about?
PD IEC/TR 62351 is a series on power systems management and associated information exchange. Power systems management and associated information exchange allow our customers to select important power supply parameters over a digital communication interface. PD IEC/TR 62351-10 is a Technical Report, that targets the description of security architecture guidelines for power systems based on essential security controls, i.e. on security-related components and functions and their interaction. Furthermore, the relation and mapping of these security controls to the general system architecture of power systems is provided as a guideline to support system integrators to securely deploy power generation, transmission, and distribution systems applying available standards.
Who is PD IEC/TR 62351-10 - Power systems management and associated information exchange for?
PD IEC/TR 62351-10 on power systems management and associated information exchange is useful for:
- Telecommunication sector
- IT sector
- Software engineers
- Design engineers
- Power plants
Why should you use PD IEC/TR 62351-10 - Power systems management and associated information exchange?
Cyber security becomes more and more a basic necessity in power control systems as standard IT and other forms of modern communication technology are being increasingly used for control and supervision of these systems. The application of IT communication technology demands the consideration of already existing vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by potential attackers, as recent intentional and unintentional cyber incidents on SCADA and other industrial control systems have shown. The increasing number of control system cyber incidents worldwide with medium to high impact underlines the importance of appropriate security measures. In PD IEC/TR 62351-10 hands-on guidelines are proposed for the implementation of security mechanisms based on deployment examples, rather than a lecture or reference book for security in general. Therefore, available resources of information related to the security of power systems or more general to security in Smart Grid are utilized and will be referenced as much as possible, without repeating their content here. Thus PD IEC/TR 62351-10 addresses both, the power system engineer, and the traditional IT security engineer.
The examples used throughout PD IEC/TR 62351-10 are intended to better explain the influences of and the interactions with security. They are used as descriptive examples without the claim to be complete. PD IEC/TR 62351-10 specifics of the power systems industry, comprising differences in the security requirements compared to office systems as well as an overview of related standardization. PD IEC/TR 62351-10 also introduces the TC 57 reference architecture as one base for the security architecture discussion. PD IEC/TR 62351-10 establishes a general approach to a security architecture by using security domains and dedicated security controls within these domains and maps this approach to the power system domain based on examples use cases. PD IEC/TR 62351-10 also addresses the mapping of the NIST identified interface categories with the TC 57 architecture interfaces. PD IEC/TR 62351-10 maps security controls with the IEC TC 57 power system architecture based on example scenarios. PD IEC/TR 62351-10 starts with an overview scenario of power systems and digs into dedicated sub-scenarios like a substation deployment, the communication between a substation and a control centre and so on. Using PD IEC/TR 62351-10 you can specify the description of security architecture guidelines for power systems based on essential security controls, i.e., on security-related components and functions and their interaction.