Automatically Always Know Your Vulnerabilities

Device Vulnerability Management - Track and remediate IED vulnerabilities | SUBNET

Always know which devices carry known CVEs. Always know how urgent each fix is.

Know which devices are affected by known vulnerabilities. Prioritize remediation based on criticality and exposure. Demonstrate to auditors that you track and address security risks.

About PowerSYSTEM Center

PowerSYSTEM Center is a multi-function IED management platform that enables critical infrastructure asset owners to securely and centrally manage their large install base of many different intelligent electronic devices (meters, relays, RTUs, etc) deployed throughout their entire transmission and distribution system.

Vulnerability Management Features

CVE correlation with device inventory
Risk-based prioritization by criticality
Remediation workflow integration
Audit-ready compliance reporting

Key Benefits

Eliminate manual CVE-to-device correlation
Unified view across all vendors
Automated remediation verification
NERC CIP-007 evidence generation

Who it serves

Built for Cybersecurity Managers, Compliance Officers, and Protection Engineers. Get visibility into your fleet's vulnerability posture without manual spreadsheet tracking.

Problem in the field

Utilities struggle to correlate CVE advisories with their installed device base. Vendor bulletins arrive in different formats. Tracking which substations have vulnerable firmware versions requires manual inventory reconciliation. Auditors ask for evidence of vulnerability tracking.

How PowerSYSTEM Center helps

PowerSYSTEM Center maintains a real-time inventory of device firmware versions across your fleet. When new CVE advisories are published, PowerSYSTEM Center correlates affected versions against your inventory and flags impacted devices. You see which substations have exposure, sorted by criticality. Remediation workflows connect directly to remote firmware update capabilities. After patching, PowerSYSTEM Center verifies the updated version and closes the vulnerability ticket.

Access and security

Vulnerability data is role-based. Security teams see fleet-wide exposure. Operations teams see their assigned substations. All vulnerability status changes are logged with timestamps and user attribution.

Mixed vendor support

PowerSYSTEM Center tracks vulnerabilities across all supported vendors in a single dashboard. No need to monitor separate vendor security portals. Unified reporting regardless of device manufacturer.

Evidence and control

Vulnerability tracking history is exportable for audit purposes. Reports show when vulnerabilities were identified, remediation timelines, and closure dates. Supports NERC CIP-007 patch management evidence requirements.

Proven impact

Automated CVE-to-device correlation replaces manual spreadsheet tracking, significantly reducing the time from advisory to remediation action.

Frequently asked questions

How do you get CVE information?

PowerSYSTEM Center integrates with the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) and vendor security advisory feeds, correlating published CVEs against device firmware versions in your inventory.

Can I prioritize by substation criticality?

Yes. You can tag substations and devices with criticality levels. Vulnerability reports can be filtered and sorted by criticality, allowing you to focus remediation efforts on your most important assets first.

How do you track remediation progress?

Each identified vulnerability creates a trackable item with status, assigned owner, and target remediation date. When firmware is updated via PowerSYSTEM Center, the system automatically verifies the new version and updates the vulnerability status.

What reports are available for auditors?

PowerSYSTEM Center provides vulnerability summary reports, remediation timeline reports, and device-level vulnerability history. Reports can be filtered by date range, substation, vendor, or vulnerability severity.

Does this work with devices you don't directly manage?

PowerSYSTEM Center can import device inventories from external sources and correlate vulnerabilities even for devices not under direct management. However, automated remediation requires devices to be accessible through PowerSYSTEM Center.

Supports evidence for NERC CIP-007 patch management, IEC 62443 vulnerability management, and NIST Cybersecurity Framework asset management controls.

Ready to gain visibility into your vulnerability posture?

See how PowerSYSTEM Center tracks and helps remediate device vulnerabilities.

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