Version 1.7 of the PSA Constitution has been published. Section 4.5 “Actions in the event of death or resignation of a Committee member” has been revised.
See website page “The PSA” to download the revised Constitution.
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The DNP User Group published the following news on June 7th 2016:
The DNP Technical Committee has released the following Technical Bulletin (TB):
The TB (dated May 18th 2016) describes the master station requests and outstation responses that are implemented by devices conformant to the various DNP subset levels. The details existing in the current DNP3 standard (IEEE 1815‑2012) have been reformatted to improve comprehension. The new tables also contain the requirements […]
The publication
The DNP User Group published the following news on May 27th 2016:
The DNP Technical Committee has released the following Technical Bulletin (TB):
The TB (dated May 18th 2016) describes a number of interoperability problems and vulnerabilities identified in Secure Authentication version 5 procedures (SAv5). Some of the deficiencies and vulnerabilities can be corrected with explanations about how to use the SAv5 functions (which may result in code changes to the […]
The publication
The DNP User Group published the following news on March 2nd 2016:
As a result of Vote2016-01 (where User Group members gave a positive vote for a document change), the DNP Technical Committee has released the following Technical Bulletin (TB):
The TB (dated March 2nd 2016) describes the expected behaviour of an outstation when it receives a read request for data that it does not have.
How does this affect […]
We have received news of an event being run in collaboration with the Water Industry Forum to help Small to Medium Enterprises identify potential funding opportunities to develop innovative solutions and their businesses, and then meet the experts from Anglian Water during the 1-2-1 networking opportunity in the afternoon.
ANGLIAN WATER HELPING SMES: BRING IDEAS TO MARKET
11 Oct 2016 │ 10am – 4pm │Future Business Centre, Peterborough
Delivered in partnership between the Water Industry Forum and the […]
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The DNP Technical Committee has released Technical Bulletin TB2016-002 Addressing Deficiencies in DNP3-SAv5. This document details identified deficiencies and vulnerabilities in DNP3 Secure Authentication version 5 (DNP3-SAv5) that must be corrected.
Some of the issues can be addressed by making changes to the behavior of DNP3-SAv5 devices without changing the structure of the messages exchanged. These changes are described in the Technical Bulletin. A device that implements these […]
There is an new article on the website: “Encryption and the WITS-DNP3 protocol – a review of current security provisions in the Protocol”.
It discusses how to keep data secure on a WITS-DNP3 enabled network, with a review of current security provisions within the protocol plus additional security measures which can be used.
Read it here at https://www.witsprotocol.org/what-is-wits
This new version of the established telemetry and remote SCADA software offers extreme performance and scalability. For DNP3 and WITS protocols ClearSCADA now uses the XML device profile formats. It also improves security, arising from the WITS Information Bulletin IB2014-002.
Schneider Electric Water Segment Manager Steve Grant says “WITS is now very well established in the UK and Schneider Electric are leading the way with all our WITS based telemetry products, increasing security whilst driving down […]
It has been decided by the WITS Committee that we can no longer accept applications for WITS certification unless the Testing has been done using the WITS Test Specification. The reason for this is that we do not have the resources for checking any alternative versions written by vendors for compliance to the standard.
The WITS Test Specification is available for purchase as before from the WITS Secretary at a price of £3,000.
