Category: Security, Identity, & Compliance

Lunar Energy (Lunar) has a mission to power homes around the world with endless clean energy. Recognizing the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change, Lunar is focused on building the digital infrastructure needed to build a resilient, distributed energy system. As homes electrify by adding distributed energy resources (DERs)—such as solar […]

In this edition of the Financial Services Industry (FSI) Services Spotlight monthly blog series, we highlight five key considerations of AWS Private Certificate Authority (AWS Private CA): achieving compliance, data protection, isolation of compute environments, automating audits with APIs, and operational access and security respectively. Each of the five areas includes specific guidance, suggested reference architectures, and technical […]

Industry Context In the utility industry, there is a wide range of devices and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems that operate in an on-premises environment. With the growth of renewables and distributed energy resources (DERs), electric utilities need to change their energy planning models and operations to maintain reliability and stability of the […]

Overview Energy transition and digitalization sparked a dramatic growth in the volume and complexity of data in the energy industry. The importance of data has increased dramatically over the last decade as companies rethink their strategies and embrace new ways of storing and processing data to drive actionable business insights. As enterprises continue to generate […]

The declared goal of German-based energy company EWE AG is the systematic use of modern, cloud-based IT solutions in all business areas. Highly available, high-performance, and flexibly scalable IT solutions are essential to maintain competitive advantages in the current and upcoming energy markets. In particular, the short-term power-trading market is associated with considerable challenges. For […]

Introduction With the successful use of cloud computing in the IT space (analytics, simulation and workflow management), companies in highly regulated industries, such as railways, increasingly look at also migrating their OT systems (control systems, real-time monitoring, and transaction management) into the cloud. The main motivations for this are to achieve high availability and redundancy […]

For decades, Financial Services Industry (FSI) organizations have been relying on various messaging standards to send and receive payments. For example, credit card payments leverage ISO 8583, cross-border payments have been relying on ISO 15022, while various depository institutions or market payments operators have developed their own proprietary messaging standards. FSI organizations are adopting an industry-standard […]

Overview Data is an essential asset for energy companies. Having a comprehensive view of trusted data that follows consistent business rules can help businesses to make informed, accurate, and timely decisions, as well as streamline data management practices. Fundamentally, having data at the center of the open-source-driven OSDU Data Platform makes it future proof for […]

The emergence of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Smart Store solutions has opened up a new world of possibilities for retailers. In order to take full advantage of these solutions, retailers need to optimize their network infrastructure. As retailers increasingly digitize their operations and move more services to the cloud, security and network infrastructure become major […]

MachineMetrics on AWS supports automated production monitoring and analytics, while maintaining strong security and compliance. Users achieve strong security and compliance at scale, by using underlying MachineMetrics and AWS frameworks. There’s a myth in the life sciences industry that cloud-based solutions threaten compliance due to a lack of security and stability. This level of caution can […]