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TRITON/TRISIS Cyberattacker Has a New Target: Power Sector

June 14, 2019 admin Business, connected plant, cyberattack, Cybersecurity, Dragos, fireeye, ICS, iiot, iiot chemical, iiot cyber, iiot oil & gas, iiot power, Instrumentation & Controls, malware, news, Russia, Safety, safety instrumented systems, sis, Technology, trisis, triton, xenotime

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:12:51 +0000

XENOTIME, a cyberthreat activity group thought responsible for TRISIS/TRITON malware attacks on safety instrumented systems (SIS) at an oil and gas Middle Eastern facility in 2017, has been probing power company networks in the U.S. and elsewhere, new intelligence from industrial control systems (ICS) security firm Dragos shows. “In February 2019, Dragos identified a change in […]

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GE Launches New Analytics Technologies to Boost Grid Efficiency

June 12, 2019 admin analytics, Business, connected plant, digital, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, ge, grid, iiot, iiot power, inertia, Markets, network connectivity, news, Renewables, Smart Grid, storm restoration, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 20:57:27 +0000

General Electric (GE) has rolled out a new portfolio of predictive analytics that could allow utilities to use data from transmission and distribution networks to achieve better operational efficiency as more distributed assets are introduced to the grid. The company on June 11 unveiled three new grid analytics—for storm readiness, network connectivity, and effective inertia—that […]

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Blockchain Pilot Shows Promise for Grid Balancing

June 2, 2019 admin battery storage, blockchain, Business, connected plant, Energy Storage, grid, iiot, iiot power, International, news, Solar, sonnet, storage, Technology, tennet, virtual power plant, Wind

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

A blockchain pilot wrapped up by European transmission operator TenneT and storage solutions provider sonnen Group this May showed “tremendous potential” when used to network decentralized home storage

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Strengthening the Energy Sector’s Cyber Preparedness

June 2, 2019 admin Coal, connected plant, Cybersecurity, Department of Homeland Security, DOE, Gas, iiot, iiot cyber, iiot power, kaspersky lab, news, Nuclear, Renewables, Technology

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The Department of Energy (DOE) in March 2018 released a 52-page report outlining its multi-year strategy to improve cybersecurity. In the report’s introduction, Assistant Secretary Bruce J. Walker noted that

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THE BIG PICTURE: 30 Innovations Revolutionizing the Power Industry

May 1, 2019 admin connected plant, digital, digital revolution, dispatchable generation, disruptions, distributed energy, distributed power, electricity storage, empowering the consumer, enabling renewable supply, iiot, iiot power, Infographics, irena, market design, new grids, news, power plant, Renewables, system operations, Uncategorized, vre

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 04:00:44 +0000

Between 2005 and 2016, the global installed capacity of solar PV increased more than seven-fold, and the capacity of onshore wind increased nearly three-fold, and owing to plunging costs, variable renewable energy (VRE) capacity is set to expand dramatically, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). To accommodate soaring shares of VRE generation, innovations […]

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Modifying Behavior to Protect Systems in a Malicious Threat Landscape

May 1, 2019 admin connected plant, cyber threats, Cybersecurity, ICS, iiot, iiot cyber, iiot power, industrial control systems, Instrumentation & Controls, International, malicious threat landscape, news, Technology, tripwire, triton

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 04:00:40 +0000

The malicious threat landscape for industrial control systems (ICSs) is constantly evolving and getting more sophisticated, thereby raising the need to have visibility, implement protective controls, and perform continuous monitoring. As a result, it is important to take a look at the attack vectors of some malware/malicious events—such as Triton—that have occurred over the last […]

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Certifying Precision Timing in the Smart Grid

April 30, 2019 admin connected plant, distributed energy, distributed power, ieee, ieee-sa conformity assessment program, iiot, iiot power, Instrumentation & Controls, networks, news, precise timing, precision time protocol, Smart Grid, T&D, Technology, test suite specification, unh-iol, university of new hampshire interoperability laboratory

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 04:00:38 +0000

Utilities deploying precise timing in their networks have an additional choice in evaluating solutions based on whether or not the devices are IEEE certified for compliance to the appropriate IEEE 1588 Power Profile. To reach this point, years of effort from the IEEE, International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and […]

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New Cyberattack by Group Behind TRITON/TRISIS Reported

April 10, 2019 admin Business, connected plant, cyberattack, Cybersecurity, Dragos, fireeye, ICS, iiot, iiot chemical, iiot cyber, iiot oil & gas, iiot power, monaca, news, pas, Russia, Technology, trisis, triton

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 22:45:39 +0000

Cybersecurity firm FireEye has uncovered and is responding to a new intrusion at an unnamed critical infrastructure facility that it suggests in an April 10 blog post was perpetrated by the group behind the TRITON attack, which prompted a process shutdown at a Middle Eastern facility in 2017. But while details of the new attack are sparse, […]

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New TRITON/TRISIS Cyberattack Reported at Critical Infrastructure Facility

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:04:17 +0000

A new critical infrastructure facility has suffered a TRITON intrusion, says cybersecurity firm FireEye. The company confirmed in an April 10 blog post that it has uncovered and is responding to an “an additional intrusion by the attacker behind TRITON at a different critical infrastructure facility.” Details about the attack are sparse, but FireEye and […]

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Replacing Retirees and Improving Reliability High on To-Do Lists

March 31, 2019 admin aging workforce, Business, Commentary, connected plant, gas turbine, hr, iiot, iiot power, news, power plant reliability, renewable energy, siemens, workforce

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

What keeps you up at night? The question has become cliché as panel moderators now routinely ask it as a “thought-provoking” final query to close out executive roundtable sessions at industry conferences

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