The current version of OpenWay software is fully compliant with security and encryption to meet industry and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) C12.22 standards. The enhanced security version exceeds these requirements by providing high security consistent with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) “Critical Cyber Asset” requirements, and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) standards.
“The OpenWay architecture exceeds security requirements using proven industry algorithms to meet the networking demands for smart metering and the Smart Grid,” said Kip Gering, senior product line manager for OpenWay. “Enhanced by our partnership with Certicom, our solution is capable of handling secure message traffic and key management for 10 million meters, while the OpenWay CENTRON® meter provides the computing power to process secured network messages in just milliseconds.”
The security architecture inherent to OpenWay, combined with these enhanced signing and encryption capabilities, is designed to meet the two-way command and control needs for AMI and Smart Grid network platforms.
Our customers are demanding a level of security that is currently not provided by anyone in this industry, said Philip Mezey, senior vice president and chief operating officer for Itron North America. With the release of our optional enhanced security version, Itron now offers unparalleled network and metering system security, further enhancing our energy management and measurement technologies as we work toward development of the Smart Grid.
