Date: Summer Quarter, Starting July 2, 2019 Location: Online Description: This fully online 9 week course is intended to provide current and future engineers working in the distributed energy industry with the information they need to design products that incorporate secure communication networking and deploy networks that incorporate these products. The course will also cover […]
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 […]
Spring Quarter: Secure Communication Networking for Distributed Energy Resources
Date: Spring Quarter, Starting April 9, 2019 Location: Online Description: This fully online 9 week course is intended to provide current and future engineers working in the distributed energy industry with the information they need to design products that incorporate secure communication networking and deploy networks that incorporate these products. The course will also cover […]
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 […]
New Standard Communication Model Enables Grid Operators to Enhance Performance, Value of Distributed Energy Resources
PALO ALTO, Calif. (January 14, 2019) – A collaborative team published a new Application Note, DNP3 Application Note AN2018-001 – DNP3 Profile for Communications with Distributed Energy Resources, to help grid operators communicate with distributed energy resources (DER) and enhance use and value of energy storage and solar generation connected to smart inverters. Led by […]
SunSpec Alliance and UC San Diego Extension Announce Winter 2019 CA Rule 21 and Secure Communication Networking Courses
At the intersection of power generation and data communications, course offerings appeal to electrical and software engineers, grid specialists and solar executives SAN JOSE & SAN DIEGO, CA – January 7, 2019 – SunSpec Alliance, the information standards and certification organization for the Distributed Energy Resource (DER) industry, and UC San Diego Extension have announced […]
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 […]