An open source SCADA toolkit

This panel presentation addresses development of an open-source toolkit for constructing secure, next-generation (based on IEC-61850 and related standards), SCADA systems for control of electric power transmission, distribution, and distributed generation. The toolkit includes basic SCADA and control center components. It can be used in a variety of ways such as building a starter SCADA for small utilities, providing local control at a distributed generation facility, and others. The toolkit incorporates security functionality in numerous ways, including a trusted operating system platform, authentication, authorization, encryption, role based access control of SCADA objects, and other methods. Issues addressed in the presentation includes selection of open source components, development of toolkit-specific components, and development challenges and issues, such as variability of open source documentation, open source licensing and its interaction with software architecture and business model, and open source packaging and distribution