Electric Industry
Making a Difference in a New Green Economy
The Energy Industry is going through tremendous change with the move toward going green. Billions are being invested in building new critical infrastructures and upgrading legacy systems. These infrastructures span across large amounts of land. The deployment of Smart Grid also brings in a whole suite of Cyber Assets that require both physical and network security.
iCrescendo is privileged to work with large utilities and PUDs, providing scalable access control solutions to meet specific individual site requirements.
Electric Companies use CyberLock to meet the following objectives:
- Compliance – bring critical infrastructures to comply with NERC CIP Standards
- Budget – CyberLock cuts cost to comply and increases operational efficiency
- Key Control – CyberKey cannot be duplicated; minimizes number of keys issued
- Lost or stolen key – remove access quickly without having to re-key
- Vandalism – protect locks from being picked or vandalized
- Incident Reporting – gather evidence when incidents occurred
- Business Continuity – ensure systems remain functional during power outage
- Access Control – establish accountability and control access based on privileges
- Interoperability – protect existing investment by integrating legacy systems
iCrescendo can help you comply by easily converting existing mechanical locks into an access control system. With electronic lock cylinders, programmable CyberKeys, and CyberAudit-Web Enterprise software, you can create a powerful system that tracks and controls access to every lock in your facility.
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A 16-page CyberLock catalog is also available for download here.
Protecting Critical Infrastructures
As a certified Minority Business Enterprise founded in 2002,
iCrescendo is committed to supporting its customers and protecting their
critical infrastructures. Thanks to CenterPoint Energy and its Supplier
Diversity Initiative, iCrescendo was given the opportunity to compete
and show its core competency in securing businesses with scalable
solutions. In the past year, the company helped CenterPoint Energy
roll out CyberLock in order to control access to its remote sites and
comply with NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection Standards ahead of
schedule.
FERC Issues New Rule on Mandatory Reliability Standards for CIP
The
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has revised the mandatory
reliability standards for all power utility companies. The new rule
improves the standards for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP).
In
Order 706, FERC directs certain
users, owners and operators of the bulk-power system to comply with specific
requirements that will protect the system from malicious attacks
on cyber security assets. These assets are defined as programmable
electronic devices and communication networks including hardware, software and
data.
Read more: FERC Issues New Rule on Mandatory Reliability Standards for CIP
Protecting Cyber Assets with CyberLock
Protecting Cyber Assets Under Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Standards
Headquartered in Novi, Michigan, ITC Holdings, Inc. is the nation's largest independent electric transmission company serving an area of nearly 80,000 square miles in five states. ITC operates overhead and underground transmission lines that carry electric power to more than 13 million people.
Challenge: Restricting and Auditing Access to Cyber Asset Locations
Concerned about vandalism, theft, and the potential for domestic and international acts of terrorism, ITC has taken extraordinary steps to secure their physical assets in order to maintain the reliability of their bulk electric system.