Grid Data Stays on Your
Control Center's Machines.
Grid operators, SCADA engineers, and compliance officers are using ChatGPT, Claude, and Copilot every day, pasting substation identifiers, SCADA telemetry, PLC configurations, and NERC CIP audit evidence into prompts. Shield sits on your utility's workstations and stops operational data from ever reaching an external AI model. No cloud. No vendor access. Just a local proxy that redacts sensitive grid and control system data before it leaves your network.
Shield for Energy & Utilities is a local desktop application that stops grid telemetry, SCADA configurations, control system data, and NERC CIP audit materials from ever leaving your utility's computers, before that data reaches ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, or any AI model. It runs on your existing engineering workstations and control center machines, requires no cloud infrastructure, and helps utilities meet NERC CIP, IEC 62443, and FERC requirements without changing how operators and engineers use AI tools.
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC CIP) standards, CIP-002 through CIP-015, mandate cybersecurity controls for all Bulk Electric System (BES) Cyber Systems. These standards cover asset categorization, security management, personnel training, electronic security perimeters, physical security, system security management, incident response, recovery planning, configuration management, information protection, control center communications, supply chain risk management, and internal network security monitoring. Violations carry penalties of up to $1 million per day per violation.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) 2025 Energy and AI report found that cyberattacks on energy utilities have tripled in the past four years and have become more sophisticated because of AI. As utilities adopt AI tools for grid optimization, predictive maintenance, and operational analysis, the same AI capabilities are being weaponized by adversaries, making operational data protection more critical than ever.
Shield runs locally on your control center and engineering workstations, no cloud processing, no vendor data access. Grid telemetry, SCADA configurations, CIP audit evidence, and BES Cyber System information never reach external AI providers. The redaction mapping stays on your machine, inside your NERC CIP Electronic Security Perimeter.
Operational data exposure through AI is a NERC CIP compliance risk
When a grid operator pastes SCADA telemetry into an AI prompt, or a compliance officer pastes CVE scan results. That operational data leaves your utility's Electronic Security Perimeter and arrives at an external AI provider's servers. Under NERC CIP, utilities must protect BES Cyber System information, and that obligation doesn't disappear just because an employee is using a third-party AI tool. Shield eliminates this vector entirely: sensitive grid and control system data never leaves your network, so it never creates a CIP compliance exposure.
Interactive Demo
What Operational Data Looks Like in AI Prompts
Three real-world scenarios where utility staff send sensitive operational data to AI models. Click each tab to see the raw prompt with identifiable information, and how Shield redacts it before it leaves your network.
A transmission system operator uses an AI assistant to evaluate load shedding strategies during a heat wave, pasting real-time SCADA telemetry, substation identifiers, and voltage thresholds into the prompt.
Analyze load shedding options for the Southwest Interconnection during today's heat event. Current conditions: Substation REDBIRD-7 load at 482 MW (92.3% of rated capacity), Substation COYOTE-3 at 378 MW (88.1%). Voltage at Palo Verde 500kV bus: 512.3 kV (critical threshold 490 kV). Tie-line flow on Path 46: 1,847 MW eastbound. Remedial Action Scheme RAS-07 armed on lines PV-Hassayampa and PV-North Gila. SCADA alarm history shows 17 momentary dips on COYOTE-3 bus in last 48 hours. NERC CIP low-impact asset classification applies. Next scheduled maintenance: COYOTE-3 Transformer T2, April 2027.
Analyze load shedding options for the [INTERCONNECTION] during today's heat event. Current conditions: Substation [SUBSTATION_ID] load at [LOAD_MW] ([PERCENT] of rated capacity), Substation [SUBSTATION_ID] at [LOAD_MW] ([PERCENT]). Voltage at [BUS_ID] [VOLTAGE] bus: [VOLTAGE_KV] (critical threshold [THRESHOLD_KV]). Tie-line flow on [PATH_ID]: [FLOW_MW] eastbound. Remedial Action Scheme [RAS_ID] armed on lines [LINE_ID] and [LINE_ID]. SCADA alarm history shows [NUMBER] momentary dips on [SUBSTATION_ID] bus in last [TIMEFRAME]. NERC CIP [IMPACT_LEVEL] asset classification applies. Next scheduled maintenance: [SUBSTATION_ID] Transformer [TRANSFORMER_ID], [DATE].
Architecture
How Shield Keeps Grid Data Inside Your Control Center
Shield operates as a local HTTPS proxy on your engineering workstations and operator consoles. It inspects every AI API request, redacts operational data (substation IDs, SCADA telemetry, IP addresses, port listings, CIP classifications), and forwards only the sanitized prompt to the AI provider. The response is rehydrated locally, operational data is restored to the response on your machine, inside your Electronic Security Perimeter.
Compliance
Regulatory Frameworks Shield Supports
The energy and utilities sector operates under some of the most stringent cybersecurity regulations in the world. Shield is designed to help utilities meet these requirements by keeping operational data within their control, without changing how engineers and operators work.
Mandatory and enforceable reliability standards for all users, owners, and operators of the BES. Covers electronic security perimeters, system security management, information protection, incident reporting, and supply chain risk management. Violations subject to FERC civil penalties up to $1 million per day per violation.
Redacts BES Cyber System identifiers, CIP impact classifications, port/service listings, vulnerability CVE IDs, and compliance evidence details before prompts reach external AI providers. Ensures CIP-005 ESP boundaries are maintained by operating as a local filter, not an external connection.
International standard for securing industrial control systems throughout their lifecycle. Defines security levels (SL 1-4), foundational requirements, and a zone/conduit model for segmenting OT networks. Covers risk assessment, system design, secure development, and component-level technical requirements.
Operates entirely within the IACS zone, doesn't create new conduits to external networks. Redacts controller IP addresses, MAC addresses, I/O mapping tables, process setpoints, and firmware versions from AI prompts, preventing operational data from crossing zone boundaries through human error.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) oversees NERC's enforcement of CIP standards and has authority to assess civil penalties up to $1 million per day per violation. FERC also reviews and approves all new CIP standards through notice-and-comment rulemaking.
Provides documented, auditable data protection controls that demonstrate due diligence in protecting BES Cyber System information. Shield's local-only architecture, no cloud processing, no external data transmission, aligns with FERC's reliability mandate by keeping operational data within the utility's direct control.
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Last updated: July 23, 2026