For whom · Energy01 / 06

Protect energy grid endpoints.
Test change before rollout.

For distribution system operators (DSOs), security and grid-engineering teams making connected assets controllable. Choose local protection for operating assets, or a bounded test scope when change needs to be rehearsed.

Context · Energy systems02 / 06

New connections change the exposure of operating assets.

Applicable cybersecurity and product requirements, and who accepts the result, depend on the actor and deployment.

  1. 01

    A trusted connection can still carry an unwanted command.

    Authorized paths do not establish that every action is appropriate. Local policies need to complement OEM security, segmentation and central monitoring.

  2. 02

    One change can affect many endpoints.

    Configuration and external-control changes can create cohort-wide impact. The consequence needs to be assessed before a rollout reaches the field layer.

  3. 03

    The live grid is not the place to explore failure.

    An isolated representative copy gives bounded space for a change or attack question; production remains the operating environment.

Transformer equipment in an energy facility
Connected energy systems03 / 06

How do you connect more assets without losing control?

Digital commands now reach further into the grid. Protection is needed where assets operate; changes need to be tested away from live operations.

Two independent approaches04 / 06

Protect what is running. Test what is changing.

Pillar 1 · Protect

When new connections reach live assets

Protect operating assets.

AX-Energy Protect adds local observation, anomaly detection and policy enforcement for supported energy grid endpoints, alongside OEM security, segmentation and central monitoring.

Pillar 3 · Resilience

When change needs evidence before rollout

Test before field rollout.

AX-Cyberrange provides an isolated representative environment for a scoped configuration change or attack scenario, without experimenting on the live grid.

Test scope and model fidelity are agreed per environment. Available independently of Protect.

Project · Kansen voor West05 / 06
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Kansen voor West.

aXite contributes a digital twin of the Slim Strandnet to the Cyber-Secure Energy Hubs project, co-funded by the European Union and Kansen voor West. Project in progress.

Next step06 / 06

Choose the next bounded question.

Bring the assets, connections and acceptance question. The next conversation can focus on independent protection, an isolated test, or both.

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