IEC 62351 · Power Systems Communication Security · Evidence & Implementation Kit
Secure power-system communications to IEC 62351, without mapping ten parts onto your protocols yourself.
Every IEC 62351 objective, from TLS and application-layer security through GOOSE and SV integrity, role-based access, certificate management and security event logging, handed to you as an adopt-ready control with the evidence an assessor examines.
Substation-ready in a weekend, not a project cycle.
Here is the honest situation. Power-system protocols like IEC 61850, IEC 60870-5, DNP3 and ICCP were built for reliability, not security. IEC 62351 is the multi-part series that secures them: TLS for telecontrol, authentication for serial and networked messages, GOOSE and SV integrity inside the substation, role-based access, certificate management and security monitoring. It is ten-plus parts, the latency constraints of substation messaging make it subtle, and mapping it onto your actual protocols and evidencing it is a real engineering project.
This Kit removes that mapping. It is every IEC 62351 objective written as an adopt-ready control you personalize in a weekend, with the evidence an assessor examines.
What you get, the moment you buy
33
Objectives as adopt-ready controls. Every IEC 62351 security objective, from TLS and MMS security through GOOSE and SV integrity, RBAC, certificate management and event logging, written so you personalize and apply it across your protocols.
33
Evidence-they-examine checklists. For each control, exactly what an assessor examines, plus where implementations get exposed, so you close the gap before it is attacked.
1
Communication Security Control Matrix, pre-built. Every control in a working spreadsheet, ready to record status and evidence location across your telecontrol and substation estate.
1
Gap & Readiness Assessment. Score each control and the workbook returns your readiness as a single percentage, and exactly what to fix next.
Grounded in the IEC 62351 series, securing IEC 61850, IEC 60870-5, DNP3 and ICCP, with the GOOSE and SV latency constraints and the certificate lifecycle called out. Editable Word and Excel files.
Segregation is the compensating control
The hard truth of substation messaging is that GOOSE and SV cannot always carry full cryptographic protection at their latency. IEC 62351 leans on defence in depth. This Kit makes network segregation and monitoring first-class controls, so the places you cannot fully authenticate are still defended.
What one control looks like
This is the defence-in-depth reference architecture that the rest of the series sits inside. All 33 are built to this depth.
PSS-1 Defence in depth reference architecture ARCHITECTURE
Implement this control
[Organization] shall document and maintain a defence in depth reference architecture for power system management communications, aligned with IEC 62351-10, that layers perimeter zoning, network segmentation, transport protection, application authentication, and endpoint hardening, and shall map each protocol path such as IEC 60870-5, IEC 61850, DNP3, and ICCP to the specific protective layers applied to it.
Engineering note.
IEC 62351-10 is guidance rather than a conformance clause, so treat the architecture as the backbone that the protocol specific parts plug into.
Evidence an assessor examines
- Reference architecture diagram showing security zones and conduits for control center and substation networks
- Protocol to protection mapping table covering telecontrol, station bus, and inter control center links
- Architecture review record signed by the responsible security authority
- Gap assessment against IEC 62351-10 architecture guidelines
Common finding they raise: Architectures often protect only the outer perimeter, leaving internal substation and control center traffic unauthenticated once inside the trusted zone.
Why this is not another template pack
- The evidence is the point. A protocol control you cannot evidence is a claim. This tells you exactly what an assessor examines and where implementations get exposed, for every control.
- Protocol-specific, not generic. GOOSE and SV integrity, DNP3 and 60870-5 authentication, and MMS security are each written for their protocol, with the substation latency constraints respected.
- Built on a mapped compliance corpus, not one person's opinion, from a graph of thousands of controls across standards.
- It compounds. IEC 62351 sits alongside IEC 62443 for OT security and the NERC CIP obligations, so this work feeds a broader grid security program.
Who buys this
Utilities, transmission and distribution operators, OT security and substation engineers who own protocol security, and consultants securing power-system communications. Whether it is a new substation build or a security uplift, you save a project cycle and walk in with the controls and evidence structured.
By the end of the weekend you will have
✓ An adopt-ready control for all 33 objectives
✓ A completed communication security control matrix
✓ The evidence an assessor examines
✓ Your GOOSE, SV and telecontrol protections defined
✓ A readiness percentage and a fix list
✓ The exposure points designed out
Common questions
Is it really editable? Yes. Word and Excel files you own and adapt. No portal, no subscription.
Does it cover IEC 61850? Yes. GOOSE and SV integrity for the substation, MMS application-layer security, and the certificate and key management that support them are all covered.
Does it replace the standard? No. You still need the licensed IEC 62351 parts for exact cipher and profile detail. This Kit turns the objectives into a control and evidence plan so you know what to implement and prove.
How does it relate to IEC 62443? 62443 secures the OT environment broadly; 62351 secures the power-system protocols specifically. They complement each other, and the Kit fits a broader OT program.
What if it is not for me? A 30-day money-back guarantee.
Do not map ten parts onto your protocols by hand.
Every IEC 62351 objective is fast to adopt with the Kit. It is instant, and it is guaranteed.
Add it to your cart and secure your substation this weekend.
Instant digital download · 30-day money-back guarantee · The Art of Service Pty Ltd, GPO Box 2673, Brisbane QLD 4001 · support@theartofservice.com
