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US 2014/0181949 A1Published application
Methods and systems for a power firewall
OwnerRobert Hunterinventor
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The present invention provides methods of and systems to create an infrastructure firewall for devices such as power systems that support personnel and systems. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a system includes at least one infrastructure device, at least one data-gathering client, at least one server and at least one end-user client. The infrastructure device is secured by the data-gathering client having no ability to communicate with any device to which it does not initiate the communication. The data-gathering client makes use of a private network between itself and one or more infrastructure devices to which no one may interrupt the communications. The data-gathering client then securely pushes data received with respect to the cyber security, physical security and operating parameters of the infrastructure devices. If an alert exists with an infrastructure device, upon receiving information from the data-gathering client, the server opens a push-communications connection between itself and, ultimately, the end-user client. The end-user client displays data received from the server wherein the displayed data is derived from the data generated with respect to a task performed by the monitored device.
In a network that includes at least one power system, a power firewall system wherein at least one data-gathering client provides no opportunity for data communication with any device to which said data-gathering client does not initiate a data communication and, wherein the data gathering client initiates a data communication via a private network to the at least one power system and, wherein the data gathering client processes data received from the data communication with said power system in order to discover if an anomaly exists in the data with respect to the power system and, wherein, if an anomaly is discovered, the data-gathering client initiates a data communication via a public network to a server and pushes information with respect to the anomaly to the server and, wherein, the server processes the data and provides alerts to an end-user client.
In a network, a method of creating a power firewall that protects at least one power system, wherein at least one data-gathering client provides no opportunity for data communication with any device to which said data-gathering client does not initiate a data communication and, wherein the data gathering client initiates a data communication via a private network to the at least one power system and, wherein the data gathering client processes data received from the data communication with said power system in order to discover if an anomaly exists in the data with respect to the power system and, wherein, if an anomaly is discovered, the data-gathering client initiates a data communication via a public network to a server and pushes information with respect to the anomaly to the server and, wherein, the server processes the data and provides alerts to an end-user client.
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