Invenergy selects GE RE to Provide Cyber Security for 10 years to Entire Fleet

Invenergy selects GE Renewable Energy to Provide Cyber Security for Entire Fleet

GE Renewable Energy has signed $13 million contract with Invenergy to secure their entire fleet of wind turbines for 10 years, as well as a framework to add future wind farms to the network.

This agreement includes upgrading Invenergy’s legacy controls, up-grading and protecting their network security with Wurldtech’s Opshield, a cutting-edge purpose-built security solution for industrial and process control environments; and finally, GE and Wurldtech will provide Invenergy with software maintenance, updates, and patches for the duration of the ten-year term.

Invenergy Executive VP and Chief Commercial Officer, Jim Shield said that as online threats multiply and the electric grid goes digital, cyber security is a top priority for Invenergy. They are proud of their collaboration with the GE Digital team to develop a long-term, enterprise-wide cyber security agreement that met their operational needs.

GE Renewable Energy Chief Digital Officer, Sanjeev Addala said that this took a huge effort from their teams across all functions to get the deal across the line. They are looking forward to building on the success of supporting Invenergy’s fleet under contract and expanding it to other wind fleets. It’s very exciting to work with one of their best customers, Invenergy, on their digital transformation!. They offer a comprehensive Cyber Security package engineered specifically for Wind Farms – Wind SCADA Secure Edition. This collection of technologies are integrated to build or enhance their customers’ Operational Technology (OT) cyber posture in the wind plant’s internal and external environment.

Image: Cyber Security for Wind Farms (Source: GE)