Communication Infrastructure Dependencies
Presented By:
Sandy Bacik, Principal Consultant, EnerNex
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Agenda
Complexity of communication infrastructure
Reliability and ageing of new assets
Cyber security risks
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Information All Over the Place
Different types of information
are being communicated
across domains.
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Assets
We used to keep things forever, until they totally
were no longer functional and operational.
Then came a time period where the life cycle of
assets become shorter.
Today we are in a disposal asset age.
So how do we cope?
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Explosion of Information
When humans and equipment involved with
information, there will always be some level of cyber
security risk
– Creation
– Use
– Storage
– Destruction
How can we limit the risk to information we use on a
regular basis?
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Communications
Hardwired
– Coax
– Ethernet
Airwaves
– Wireless
– RF
Communication
Methods
– TCP/IP
– TCP
– Propriety
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We have infrastructures
using all methods
– Internally
– Externally
Not everyone
understands every
method and how it
operates or what it
does
OT versus IT
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EnerNex Cyber Security Offerings
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Regulatory Compliance
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 Clients: Consumers Energy, U.S Department of Energy, Duke Energy, Florida Power
& Light (FPL), Southern California Edison (SCE), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA),
TXU Energy
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