By Pam Johnson

In my last article, From the Control Room to the Substation to the Pole, I discussed the first of three solution briefs which correspond with the three NERC-CIP whitepapers. The second NERC-CIP whitepaper covered the security requirements for Remote Access Management to the Bulk Energy System. This whitepaper is available at the following link: Whitepaper NERC-CIP-005-5 R2

TDi Technologies followed this whitepaper with the Remote Access Management Solution Brief, which offers Utility providers a comprehensive security solution over remote user access with performance benefits that increase remote user productivity. This solution brief is available at the following link: Solution Brief: Remote Access Management

The ConsoleWorks Remote Access Management solution is a unique solution with advanced security capabilities which protect Utility Providers from remote user access attacks. It provides true separation of networks (remote user, ESP), allowing only ASCII text to be passed to and from the ESP (no viruses or malware). The fine-grained privilege model in ConsoleWorks gives the Utility provider control over assets each user may interact with.

The ConsoleWorks Remote Access Management solution offers the benefits of security, compliance, and performance improvement for Utility providers within a single solution.