Global Energy Leaders Announce Availability of First Secure IT/OT Standards for Digital Energy Systems
2024年5月21日 - 10:00PM
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The Trusted Energy Interoperability Alliance (TEIA) Delivers
TEIA Messaging Protocol Specifications for Secure, Flexible, and
Interoperable Energy Services and IoT Devices
TEIA, the Trusted Energy Interoperability Alliance, today
announced the availability of TEIA Messaging Protocol v.1.0
specification, the first in a set of secure interoperability
specifications for energy services and IoT devices. The TEIA
Messaging Protocol specifications ensure compatibility across
multiple manufacturers and empower adopters to create secure and
interoperable IoT devices for a wide range of energy applications
such as solar inverters, storage batteries, EV chargers, thermal
generation systems, transformers, and wind turbines. The
availability of open standards-based secure IoT devices means
utilities companies deploying digital energy services like virtual
power plants can avoid vendor lock-in and focus on building vibrant
ecosystems that are secure, cost-effective, and scalable.
Protocol v.1.0 Specification
- First standard specification defines a way for devices to
exchange messages with end-to-end security, even over untrusted
networks and with many intermediate connections.
- Agnostic to message payloads, and guarantees security and
interoperability via a secure communications layer, regardless of
the manufacturer or the type of devices or servers on either end of
the session.
- Allows adopters to build devices that bridge networking
hurdles, connecting seamlessly to secure gateway services in the
cloud.
- Extensible and versioned, allowing for updates to include new
cryptographic features.
“This specification marks an important step forward for
utilities and large OEM devices, such as EV chargers, batteries,
heat pumps, and wind turbines,” said Cameron Briggs, Chairman of
TEIA and General Manager of Future Energy at Australian market
leader Origin Energy. “TEIA aims to create trusted ecosystems of
devices, data and software that form the backbone of the AI-driven
energy systems needed to decarbonize our electricity supply.”
Adopting AI-driven digital energy systems and working with
distributed energy resources (DERs) greatly increases a utility’s
attack surface. Current cybersecurity measures and data protocols
used by the industry do not call for persistently protected data
and processing environments. If OEMs provide such capabilities,
they are typically proprietary, create vendor lock-in and worse,
can introduce the “weakest link problem” which keeps them from
being zero trust-compliant. This results in a lack of
interoperability within a single utility and across systems managed
by different utilities or power generator, thus limiting a
utility’s flexibility in selecting device and software vendors and
access to source data, and complicates system design, development
and maintenance.
Recent guidance from the West warns intelligence agencies about
“living off the land” or LOTL attacks that underscore the
significant threat energy devices are facing. As critical
infrastructure, utilities are targeted by sophisticated cyber
attacks aiming to disrupt energy distribution, steal valuable data,
and commit fraud.
“In today’s energy landscape, device OEMs spend significant
resources on cybersecurity measures that are outside their core
competencies. Proprietary cybersecurity measures used in devices
also causes friction amongst utility customers. TEIA offers a
standardized way of ensuring secure interoperability and the
release of the TEIA Messaging Specification v.1.0 is a leap forward
in this direction,” added Briggs.
The TEIA Messaging Protocol Specification v.1.0 is available for
download at: https://www.trusted-energy.org/specifications/
Upcoming Specifications
- TEIA Base Authorization Policy specification
- TEIA PKI Authorization Policy specification
- TEIA Security Association Structure specification
- TEIA Message Handling specification
About TEIA
TEIA, the Trusted Energy Interoperability Alliance, is a global
organization that develops open standards to ensure digital
security and interoperability in the energy industry. Founded by
E.ON SE, GS Energy, Intertrust, JERA and Origin, TEIA’s trust model
enables a more decarbonized energy future through the broad
adoption of trusted digital energy applications. TEIA is open to
participation from all companies and organizations active in the
digital energy ecosystem. Find further information at
https://www.trusted-energy.org/.
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