It is imperative to consider security prior to implementation. Doing so ensures that all the pieces are in place to quickly and effectively implement cybersecurity as part of your industrial system architecture.
The Cybersecurity chapter covers the following topics:
- Industry standards—Leveraging guidelines provided by IEC 62443 and IEC 62351 standards to define and recommend security best practices for cybersecurity in energy and utility industrial systems.
- Platform security overview and considerations—The PowerEdge XR12 is well-suited for environments like substations, equipped with inherent cyber resilience to counter prevailing cybersecurity challenges. Additionally, key VMWare and vSAN factors that enhance the effectiveness and security of the deployment and lifecycle are discussed.
- OS security considerations—Recommended strategies to secure the host OS used by each ISV.
- Application-specific hardening guidance and validation—Validated test cases for implementing application hardening for each ISV. Focuses on key security areas such as authentication, authorization, confidentiality, integrity, accounting, and availability.
- Secure architecture implementation—Validation and implementation guidance on deploying the ISV application securely into an existing or new solution deployment. Provides validated firewall rules and details on secure routing between control center and substations using virtual private network (VPN) tunneling.