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Smart Grid Security
Meeting the smart grid cyber security challenge
When entering the smart grid era, all stakeholders - from utilities to consumers - are facing a formidable cyber security challenge.
In OKIOK's view, just as was the case with the financial and banking industry decades ago, the first line of defense consists of tactical steps that aim to quickly determine the current security posture by means of security audits, vulnerability assessments and penetration testing. This approach allows us to pinpoint immediate risks that could result from potential security breaches. Any significant flaws or weaknesses detected must be addressed by an appropriate remediation plan.
This tactical track must be complemented by a comprehensive strategic plan, designed to address security in a coherent, top down fashion. After determining the risk target for the organization, this plan must lay down solid foundations by implementing a sound cyber-security governance framework, designing a comprehensive security architecture and implementing a robust set of security services and processes.
Our expertise builds on our more than 30 years of extensive R&D, development of several world class solutions, successful implementations for the most demanding customers as well as on our close collaboration with academic partners and global IT solution providers. This unique track record constitutes the foundation on which we built our successful approach for designing and implementing strategic plans as well as our comprehensive cyber-security architecture model. Our model addresses both tactical and strategic phases from the people, processes and technology perspectives.
Although our security architecture model was originally developed for the financial industry, it has been successfully applied to the energy sector and is currently being applied in health care and retail.
It is our vision that all actors in the energy ecosystem will eventually converge to a set of mature, interoperable protocols and services. However, achieving a level of information security maturity comparable to what took other industries decades to reach, is a challenging goal. OKIOK can help you quickly achieve that level of maturity.
OKIOK is your partner of choice to make your smart grid initiative secure right from the start.
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