North American Utility Company
Case Studies
A North American electricity company chose to upgrade its monitoring capabilities across its serving region to ensure visibility of control systems that regulate the flow of power through the grid and control power generation equipment. To maintain power quality and avoid potential shutdowns, sensors measure values such as speed of turbines and electric frequency 60 times per second or faster. The resulting data can overwhelm a monitoring system.
The new monitoring infrastructure features a Keysight visibility fabric spanning 15 power plants, energy management systems (EMSs), and substations connected to industrial cybersecurity monitoring solutions from Dragos. The provider began installing its Dragos technology several years ago to monitor for signs of foreign attacks on the power grid.