It Network Security for Control and Communication Systems in the Power Industry
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Designing, implementing, running, and managing control and communication systems to state-of-the-art security standards is a major challenge to both power system integrators and operators, even more so in multi-vendor environments. In this paper, we discuss how industrially ruggedized network security appliances can provide building blocks and contribute to security solutions in both retrofit and new construction situations. Based on a set of security functions as, e.g., provided by the mGuard security technology from Innominate and requirements from a representative industry white paper, we illustrate the role of firewalls, virtual private networks (VPNs), integrity monitoring, and related functions in bringing an adequate level of IT network security to control and communication systems.
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