With the growing complexity of modern energy and power infrastructure, an increasing number of power plant systems are connected through ‘Internet of Things'. This creates the probability of new security vulnerabilities due to the sheer number of connected systems and the low levels of security currently available in simple devices.

As an established global leader in the advancement of digitalisation across a wide variety of industries, Siemens has developed comprehensive cyber security solutions for critical infrastructure, power and industrial control systems. These solutions conform to the latest international standards such as NERC-CIP (North American Electric Reliability Corporation critical infrastructure protection) and VGB, the European technical association for power and heat generation.

Siemens Limited will be implementing a cyber security solution for power plant automation at the Paguthan (Gujarat) plant of CLP India Pvt Ltd, the Mumbai-based wholly-owned subsidiary of CLP Holdings Ltd, which is one of the largest investor-owned power businesses in Asia.

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