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Brodersen have been manufacturing products for use in remote monitoring and control solutions for more than 50 years. Our customer base is global and our products are used in a diverse range of applications that include energy management systems, water and waste water SCADA, infrastructure monitoring, building automation and airport management systems.
This application note provides an overview of the RTU32M/N Series security functionality. RTU security is a hot topic amongst large utility companies who need to ensure their SCADA systems comply with both their own corporate security requirements and regulatory authority security standards.
Traditionally corporate IT security system standards are based around information security with focus on Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability. These focal points are typically reversed when defining SCADA system security requirements ie. Availabilty is most important! Most RTU vendors have struggled to adapt their products to evolving security standards that are easily implemented in devices like PCs and Smartphones that are obsolete in 2-3 years, but hard to deploy in RTUs designed to operate for 10-15 years.