Tom Tansy, Chairman of the SunSpec Alliance, will attend the third edition of Smart Solar PV Forum – Data Analytics and IOT by BIS Group, May 22-23, 2019 at the DoubleTree by Hilton at Hotel Circle in San Diego. Tom will present a case study on Cybersecurity, a Key Concern for Solar Power at 4:30 […]
Webinar Three: Implement Strong Cybersecurity with PKI in the Distributed Energy Resource Industry
Obtaining SunSpec Certificates and the IEEE 2030.5 Specification Date Wednesday, June 12, 2019 11am Pacific Co-Hosts Kyrio and Sectigo Speakers Tom Tansy, Chairman, SunSpec Alliance Ron Ih, Director, Business Development, Kyrio Security Solutions Damon Kachur, Vice President – IoT Solutions, Sectigo In this final chapter of the SunSpec Alliance and Kyrio DER cybersecurity webinar series, […]
Webinar Two: Cybersecurity Fundamentals for the DER Industry
An overview of cybersecurity and authentication for solar and solar plus storage networks in the U.S. Date Wednesday, May 8, 2019 11am Pacific Co-Host Kyrio Speakers Tom Tansy, Chairman, SunSpec Alliance Ron Ih, Director, Business Development, Kyrio Security Solutions Jay Johnson, SANDIA The SunSpec Alliance and Kyrio Webinar #1 covered the basics of cybersecurity and […]
Webinar One: Cybersecurity in Solar, an Overview
Cybersecurity and authentication for distributed energy resource networks in the U.S. Date Wednesday, April 10, 2019 11am Pacific Co-Host Kyrio Speakers Tom Tansy, Chairman, SunSpec Alliance Bob Fox, Principal Engineer, SunSpec Alliance Massimiliano Pala, Principal Security Architect, CableLabs What constitutes “security” and why does it matter to the DER industry? What are the mandates driving […]
Can You Hack the Grid Using an Inverter?
Maybe. But you’d be better off using a laptop. And no, Huawei inverters aren’t going to cause a blackout. For full article, visit PV Magazine USA by Christian Roselund On Monday, 11 U.S. senators sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, calling on her to “consider a ban on the use of Huawei […]
Data-in-Flight Cybersecurity Workgroup Kick-off
Date February 13, 2019 9:00 am Pacific This work group is dedicated to cybersecurity for Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), led by industry experts from SunSpec Alliance, Sandia National Laboratories and GridSME. The work group will determine security requirements that either don’t exist or are poorly defined in various DER communication protocols including IEEE 1815, IEC […]
Cybersecurity: The Hackers are Already Through the Utilities’ Doors, so What’s Next?
Originally published by Forbes. Visit their site for the full piece. In a distributed world, attack surfaces multiple rapidly and grid edge devices can become weapons The problem gets worse as the growth of distributed networks of assets create potentially critical issues. The population of these devices is huge and multiplying rapidly. Consulting firm Wood […]
Cybersecurity Webinar: Securing California Rule 21 Networks
Date: December 13, 2018 9:00 am Pacific Location: Webinar Once signed up, you will be emailed login information Description: California Rule 21 Phases 2 and 3 become effective on February 22, 2019. After that time, most new residential and commercial DER systems (solar only or solar plus storage) must be ready to communicate to the […]