Dale Peterson was recently interviewed by Jay Johnson of Sandia and Tom Tansy of the
Sunspec Alliance as part of their distributed energy resources (DER) Sunspec webinar series. We covered a lot of issues and Dale was not shy in throwing out some analysis and opinions. After 5 minutes discussing the S4x24 ticket process, the topics discussed:
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How DER will deal with the complex, large number of users and stakeholders PKI environment.
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The Sunspec device security specification and the benefits of a limited, key set of security controls.
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What is the role of government regulation to solve DER security issues?
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The potential power of the utility companies to levy requirements and be a choke point for access.
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The Patch Act, FDA and DER.
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shift left and product liability due to security flaws
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and more
