To address the requirements of the CIP-002-009 (formerly NERC 1300) Standard, action is required to deliver a highly available and reliable bulk electric system. In addition to providing network security management and compliance capabilities as well as adherence to best practice business processes, the ConsoleWorks enterprise management solution provides monitoring and control of all servers in an enterprise deployment including system disks, memories, storage, networks, internal and external interfaces and even applications. The detection and annunciation of early warning messages permits pro-active management.

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By detecting and isolating potential issues, problems, and failures, ConsoleWorks addresses them prior to a loss of use or a system outage. Notifications are sent in real-time to responsible users to advise them of asset status, providing an end-to-end secure connection back to the asset for the user to interact from wherever they may be by way of a web browser and a click of a mouse.

ConsoleWorks can play a key role in any recovery plan for critical cyber assets, with the capability to issue first level recovery commands, if desired, or it can allow administrators to interact directly with systems, devices, and network components at the hardware level. Since time is of the essence in maintaining grid availability, the recovery plan should accommodate the remote management capability ConsoleWorks enables.