Dive Summary:

• GE has unveiled the newest version of the Universal Relay platform, which provides advanced security tools that support recent changes to security protection plans.
• The platform helps to secure the grid against the threat of cyber-attacks with its inclusion of Radius for authorization and Syslog for standard reporting of related cybersecurity events.
• Customers with an existing version of the Universal Relay can take advantage of these advancements through GE's upgrade program.

From the article:

This new release helps improve the reliability of customers’ mission critical services that run on a substation’s local area network (LAN). With support for three independent networks, utilities can segregate mission critical services from maintenance and troubleshooting tasks, which prevents potential latency on the network and improves reliability and security.

To reduce configuration and wiring time and help customers reduce deployment time and costs, the UR supports newly emerging industry standards including IEC61850-90-5 and IEEE1588. ...