Network Extension Across Utility Assets

Cisco technology in the field extends the secure office environment to transmission and distribution, providing access to voice, video, data, and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA). Cisco products and solutions for the Utility Industry include:

• Cisco Wireless Location Appliance for effective tracking of assets and employees
• Cisco IP Interoperability and Collaboration System (IPICS) to enhance oilfield communications, safety, and collaboration
• Video surveillance solution for troubleshooting, safety, and security
• IPICS: Making the Connection (Flash)

Protect Against Outages and Security Breaches

Multilayered industrial security closely aligns people, procedures, and technology with business goals, reducing troubleshooting due to security breaches.

• Building the Self-Defending Network (Video) (8:00 min)
• Cisco Integrated Network Security: Building a Self-Defending Network Solutions Guide (PDF - 912 KB)

Resources in Industrial Security

With the advantages of networked infrastructure come new challenges in securing process control and SCADA systems as well as data and hardware assets. Here are some valuable background documents:

• Network Security on the Plant Floor: Solution expert Mark Wylie writes about "Industrial Strength Is Not the Same as Industrial Security" in this Industrial Ethernet Book article.
• Location based Services: How the Location Based Services solution has driven ROI in the mining, automotive, aerospace, and semiconductor industries
• Going Underground: Cisco Location-Based Services, Solutions in the Mining Industry (PDF - 233 KB)

Utilities News

• TRE-FOR demonstrates how utilities are helping to create the broadband networks of the future.
• The Smart Energy Alliance (SEA) is a collaboration of technology leaders Capgemini, HP and Intel, GE, Cisco, and Oracle. They have combined forces to revolutionize the creation and deployment of game-changing solutions for power distribution operations.