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Non-Critical Operations DAC Data Acquisition Environment - #6

Non-Critical Operations Data Acquisition and Control environment represents the set of requirements for gathering less-vital data to the control center, usually for the purposes of optimizing the power network rather than for safety, legality or reliability reasons.

Typical applications:  Monitoring non-power system equipment, power quality monitoring, primary equipment monitoring, some kinds of customer metering.

Characteristics:  Since this environment does not involve critical information exchanges, impacts from security breaches are minimal, and therefore extensive security measures are not mandatory.  Data may be required in hours or days rather than seconds.

Similar Environments:  Unlike Inter-Field Equipment, this information goes directly to and from the control center, similar to High-Security DAC but not as critical.

Definition:  This environment is defined by the following requirements:

 


Communication and Information Requirements that Define this Environment

Configuration Requirements

  • Support interactions between a few "clients" and many "servers"
  • Support interactions across widely distributed sites
  • Support compute-constrained and/or media constrained communications

Quality of Service Requirements

  • Provide medium speed messaging on the order of 10 seconds
  • Support high availability of information flows of 99.9+ (~9 hours)

Security Requirements

  • Provide Authorization Service for Access Control (resolving a policy-based access control decision to ensure authorized entities have appropriate access rights and authorized access is not denied)
  • Provide Audit Service (responsible for producing records, which track security relevant events)
  • Provide Security Policy Service (concerned with the management of security policies)

Network and System Management Requirements

  • Provide Network Management (management of media, transport, and communication nodes)
  • Provide System Management (management of end devices and applications)

Data Management Requirements

  • Support keeping the data up-to-date
  • Support specific standardized or de facto object models of data
  • Provide discovery service (discovering available services and their characteristics)
  • Provide conversion and protocol mapping

 


Recommended Technologies

Energy Industry-Specific Technologies

    Utility Field Device Related Data Exchange Technologies

    Utility Control Center Related Data Management Technologies

Communications Industry Technologies

    Access Technologies

    Networking Technologies

    IP-based Transport Protocols

    Link Layer and Physical Technologies

    Computer Systems Related Technologies

    General Internet and De Facto Data Management Technologies

Security Technologies

    Policy and Framework Related Technologies

    General Security Technologies

    Media and Network Layer Technologies

    Transport Layer Security Technologies

    Application Layer Security Technologies

    XML Related Technologies

Network and Enterprise Management Technologies

    Network Management Technologies

    Web-based Network Management

Security Services

    Common Security Services

Network and System Management Services

    Enterprise Management Services

Data Management Common Services

    Data Management Common Services

Common Platform Services

    Common Platform Services

Data Management Best Practices

    Data Management

Security Best Practices

    Security Frameworks and Policy Documents

Security Technology Documents

 


Alternative Technologies

    Utility Field Device Related Data Exchange Technologies

    Utility Control Center Related Data Management Technologies

    Access Technologies

    Networking Technologies

    Link Layer and Physical Technologies

    Wireless Technologies

    Network Management Technologies

    Web-based Network Management

 


Alternative Best Practices

    Data Management

    ISO/IEC Documents on Security Technologies

    IETF Internet Requests for Comments (RFCs) on Security Technologies

    Other Security Technolog

 


Possible Technologies

    Utility Field Device Related Data Exchange Technologies

    Access Technologies

    Networking Technologies

    Wireless Technologies

 

 

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