Spherical Analytics (SA) is working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) in their Securing the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) project to develop practical, interoperable cybersecurity approaches that address real-world needs of distributed energy resource (DER) environments. By accelerating dissemination and use of these integrated tools and technologies for protecting IIoT in and among DERs, the NCCoE will enhance trust in U.S. information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) communications, data, and storage systems; reduce risk for companies and individuals using IT/OT systems; and encourage development of innovative, job-creating cybersecurity products and services.
Securing Distributed Energy Resources
In a recent press release, we announced that Spherical | Analytics (S|A) had been chosen to participate in a use case consortium sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE). This opportunity places us in a position to put our technology at the forefront of collaborating on cybersecurity solutions for critical infrastructure.
The Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) focuses on securing information exchanges among IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) controllers from distributed energy resources (DERs) in their operating environments. These operating environments can be some of the most challenging from a physical and digital architecture standpoint and are persistently confronted with myriad cyber and climate risk challenges.