SunSpec comprises over one hundred solar and storage distributed energy producers and vendors together pursuing standards that enable system interoperability. As a part of the alliance, Xage will help shape industry standards for cybersecurity, storage, distribution, and usage of energy equipment and bring older, less secure assets into the realm of zero-trust.
With Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) owned,operated, and serviced by multiple companies, equipment made by various vendors, and thousands of employees and contractors with varying credentials, energy companies have a growing need for identity-based access control and secure data sharing to ensure efficient, secure operations. Having worked closely with industry leaders such as ComEd, Xage has a deep understanding of the complexities of energy systems, and the company is eager to take a leading role in shaping the standards for securing DER architectures while simultaneously improving interoperability and upleveling system efficiency.
To start, Xage is working with the Sunspec Blockchain Working Group on a system for recording private and public key properties and implementation assessments for DER equipment and software, and ultimately will create a specification for distributed security architecture for access control and data sharing using an identity-based approach in a multi-party environment.
To learn more about SusSpec Alliance, see here. For more information about how Xage can simplify security in the edge, visit xage.com/industries.
