Switching Safety September 4, 2019 Utility Week Asia We are Youtech - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Managing Infrastructure Security and Switching Safety

September 4, 2019 Utility Week Asia

We are Youtech US Inc A Subsidiary of Zhuhai Unitech

Innovating, developing, and deploying safety and security solutions for over 30 years with installations at over 30 thousand locations worldwide.

Safety and Security Solutions Focus on Staff

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Service Center

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Patents

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Agenda

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Security Safety

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Critical Infrastructure Security

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Infrastructure Security - Challenges

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• All cyber systems are identified and access is physically secured;
• Personnel with business/operational needs to access cyber systems, including employees and contractors, are

identified and documented;

• Owners/operators grant and revoke access based on changing business/operational needs; and
• Access to cyber systems is monitored and documented.

NERC Requirements

• Physical key management is difficult and in-effective;
• Granular access control is near impossible with physical keys;
• Lack of audit trail for compliance purposes with physical keys;
• Lack of accountability and visibility from a security and safety

perspective with physical keys; and

• Traditional HID electronic badge systems are too costly to implement

at many distributed assets.

Challenges with Current Solutions

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Digital Locks & Key Mobile App Software

Rugged, passively powered locks in various form

• factors. Electronic keys with secure encrypted RFID

and Bluetooth communication. Mobile application for control of electronic keys and managing workflows and tasks. Cloud-hosted or on-premise solutions for managing and tracking permissions and operations.

Infrastructure Security - Solution

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Infrastructure Security - Benefits

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The Youtech Smart Lock system provides granular control of physical access to critical facilities. Owners and

• perators of distributed electric system facilities, including solar, wind, and energy storage facilities, can greatly

enhance security by increasing control and visibility of their physical assets.

Secure and easy to use

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Youtech Smart Locks require no batteries and are designed to operate for a lifetime in the harshest conditions providing excellent operational reliability and eliminate the need for expensive hard-wire power.

No battery or other constant power sources needed

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A single Youtech smart key can manage thousands of smart locks, greatly simplifying lock and key management.

One electronic key to replace many

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Operating permissions are issued or revoked dynamically eliminating the need to replace or rekey locks when personnel and contractors change or when a key goes missing. Operating permissions can be managed on individual, group, department or site basis.

Easy and secure access control management

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Infrastructure Security - Benefits

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Record of all personnel, business role, permissions, permission history, and time stamped history of device

• peration is constantly maintained. All locking/unlocking operations are recorded with a time stamp providing a

robust audit trail.

Automated recordkeeping/audit trail

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Youtech Smart Locks communicate directly with any smart phone via Bluetooth, and the Youtech Secure mobile application communicates directly with the servers for real-time monitoring and control in the field.

Real-time monitoring

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Customers may choose to deploy the access control software on its own information system or take advantage

• f growing popular cloud computing offerings such as Amazon’s AWS or Microsoft’s Azure.

Secure and flexible information technology platform

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The innovative design of our passively powered digital locks, as well as the advantage of cloud computing, allows us to offer this state-of-the-art physical security management system at competitive prices as compared with similar systems that requires batteries or traditional hard-wired HID-badge systems.

Cost Effective

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Infrastructure Security

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Cost effective Field tested and proven Active / passive powered locks Mobile APP/Cloud enabled

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Switching Safety - Challenges

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Even with the best practices of safety culture, training and procedures, people can still make mistakes because we are not perfect. Other challenges includes changing workforces and operational complexity.

To error is human

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In 2011, a switching error caused a widespread blackout in Southwest US and Northern Mexico. Billions of dollars were lost as result. NERC issued ~$38 million fines.

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The switching person was experienced and well prepared but was distracted at the time of switching.

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He missed a critical step to bypass the series capacitor before opening the isolation switches. He THOUGHT he completed a critical step already and marked it complete.

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This error can be easily prevented by Smart Interlocking technology.

“FERC/NERC Staff Report on the September 8, 2011 Blackout“

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Switching Safety – Solution

Smart Interlocking System Smart key RFID embedded locks

Switching sequence or switching order is stored in and displayed on the smart key which guides switch

• perators step-by-step to safely perform switching.

Switching mechanisms are physically locked by an RFID embedded lock that can ONLY be unlocked by the Smart Key at the correct step of the switching sequence, preventing mis-operations and ensuring worker safety. Smart Interlocking System (SIS) models switching rules, switchgear functions/capability and network topology to determine if a switching step is safe or not and uses a smart key to carry out the switching steps.

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Switching Safety - Benefits

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Successfully deployed at over 30,000 locations, human errors are nearly eliminated with the help of SIS, significantly improving safety and reliability.

Enhanced safety

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All switching sequence steps are simulated and verified to be safe before transferring to the smart key, providing an opportunity to practice switching sequences before executing.

Simulation

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SIS is designed to match closely the existing switching processes and practices. Smart technology can now automate mundane and error prone activities such as manually develop a new switching order or modify an existing one, verified for safety before switching.

Automated switching order development

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All locking/unlocking actions are recorded with date and time stamp providing a robust audit trail and for post switching reporting and analysis.

Automated recordkeeping

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Switching Safety –Preventing Human Errors

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Cost effective Field tested and proven Prevents switching errors Smart Interlocking technology

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