System and method for communication in a network
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJohn Erik Hershey, Bruce Gordon Barnett, Michael Joseph Dell'Anno, Daniel Thanos
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Abstract
A method for providing secure communication in an electrical power distribution network includes detecting an enhanced threat level in the electrical power distribution network. A plurality of configuration command messages including information related to a common configuration command are received. The common configuration commands are certified if the plurality of configuration command messages have originated from a threshold number of command sites. The method further includes executing the certified configuration command.
Claims21
A method for providing secure communications in an electrical power distribution network, the method comprising:
- detecting a threat level in the electrical power distribution network;
- receiving a plurality of configuration command messages including information related to a common configuration command shared by a plurality of command sites over a communication network;
- certifying the common configuration command if the plurality of configuration command messages have originated from a threshold number of command sites and have same data;
- and
- executing the certified configuration command.
A communication system for an electrical power distribution network, comprising:
- a threat response module for detecting a threat level in the electrical power distribution network;
- a plurality of command sites for transmitting a plurality of configuration command messages including information related to a common configuration command shared by a plurality of command sites to a host device over a communication network;
- wherein the host device is configured to:
- certify the common configuration command if the plurality of configuration command messages have originated from a threshold number of command sites and have same data;
- and
- execute the certified configuration command.
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An apparatus for providing secure communications, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one memory that stores computer-executable instructions;
- and
- at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
- detect a threat level in an electrical power distribution network;
- receive a plurality of configuration command messages including information related to a common configuration command shared by a plurality of command sites;
- certify the common configuration command if the plurality of configuration command messages have originated from a threshold number of command sites and have same data;
- and
- execute the certified configuration command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.