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Brochures | CASE STUDY | DATA SHEETS

ASSURX ECOS - ENERGY COMPLIANCE SYSTEM

AssurX ECOS helps manage operations, identify risk, and demonstrate compliance across all critical operations through automated workflow processes that connect compliance and risk data. AssurX ECOS easily scales to securely manage compliance for a single department or across multi-entity organizations.

ASSURX ECOS - ENERGY COMPLIANCE SYSTEM

AssurX ECOS helps manage operations, identify risk, and demonstrate compliance across all critical operations through automated workflow processes that connect compliance and risk data. AssurX ECOS easily scales to securely manage compliance for a single department or across multi-entity organizations.

BEST PRACTICE GUIDE - SELECTING AND IMPLEMENTING AUTOMATED NERC COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

This document provides an overview and guide of what to consider when evaluating an automated compliance management system. It explores best practices for building your business case, aligning corporate objectives, stakeholder commitment, requirements gathering, shortlisting vendors, and vendor selection.

BEST PRACTICE GUIDE - SELECTING AND IMPLEMENTING AUTOMATED NERC COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

This document provides an overview and guide of what to consider when evaluating an automated compliance management system. It explores best practices for building your business case, aligning corporate objectives, stakeholder commitment, requirements gathering, shortlisting vendors, and vendor selection.

VELCO - VERMONT ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY

Comparing the pre- and post-AssurX audits, preparation labor hours were drastically reduced—from 24.5 hours to just under 11 hours per requirement. Not only was it a significant reduction in labor hours, but the overall data collection and coordination was much smoother and easier.

POWERSOUTH ENERGY COOPERATIVE

PowerSouth needed an energy compliance system to demonstrate ongoing compliance with over 400 requirements under 80 standards set forth by NERC. AssurX helped to automate PowerSouth’s NERC compliance management and documentation systems, replacing paper and spreadsheets with a centralized system of integrated processes.

VELCO - Vermont Electric Power Company

Comparing the pre- and post-AssurX audits, preparation labor hours were drastically reduced—from 24.5 hours to just under 11 hours per requirement. Not only was it a significant reduction in labor hours, but the overall data collection and coordination was much smoother and easier.

PATCH MANAGEMENT COMPLIANCE

AssurX Patch Compliance Management helps manage critical infrastructure protection as part of a defense in depth strategy.

NERC STANDARDS UPDATE SERVICE

AssurX’s NERC Standards Update Service keeps customers current with new and revised NERC Reliability Standards delivered rapidly to update any AssurX NERC Compliance Management system.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Overview of Professional Services offerings and details about methodologies.

WHITEPAPER

Guide for Planning a Successful Preparation of the NERC CIP Evidence Request Tool (ERT

How to leverage techniques and software to make NERC CIP Evidence Request Tool (ERT) reporting easier, as well as improve the overall quality of cybersecurity programs.

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ATCO Electric has acquired and implemented the AssurX Compliance application beginning in 2019 . We are utilizing the application for evidence storage and have established a module to process our Management of Change needs for various CIP assets and standard requirements. ATCO is very pleased with the efficiency and document control that the application has provided. The workflows incorporated ensure that we remain compliant to the existing standard."

Engineering/support are top notch, professional and very easy to work with. They respond quickly to my requests. I love working with them!”

AssurX offered a solution that would meet our need to maintain and demonstrate NERC compliance with many changing requirements and assist us in achieving our continuous improvement goals into the future.”

We’re using AssurX for a number of compliance processes. It’s exciting because our end users—even outside of the Compliance Department—are coming up with ideas on their own for new ways to use the system and they’re loving it.”

PG&E was extremely impressed with the whole process and support from AssurX. They were open and honest from day one and demonstrated exactly what we were looking for.”

The system’s flexibility allows us to configure it to meet our company-specific processes and workflows and it has strong reporting and data drill down capabilities for both users and managers.”

If you're looking to manage your compliance activities, or need a corrective action management system, I would not hesitate recommending AssurX.”

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ASSURX FOR ENERGY & UTILITIES ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT

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A WECC-REGION UTILITY PROVIDER TALKS ABOUT ASSURX

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LARGE GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY USING ASSURX FOR COMPLIANCE

ON DEMAND WEBINARS

AUTOMATING ASSET CHANGE MANAGEMENT FOR NERC CIP-010 R1

Explore the functionality required for an effective Asset Change Management solution that enables compliance with CIP-010, and how the AssurX ECOS addresses those challenges.

PATCH MANAGEMENT FOR NERC CIP COMPLIANCE: TURNING AWARENESS INTO ACTION

See first-hand how AssurX ECOS software centralizes and automates required processes and actions for evaluation, validation, and installation of public and private patching.

IMPLEMENTING AN ENTERPRISE NERC COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

AssurX and Tri-State Generation explain how they prepared for and deployed a consolidated system that automates ad-hoc evidence submissions, evidence reporting, corrective actions, and other compliance activities.

SIMPLIFYING NERC COMPLIANCE BY AUTOMATING RELIABILITY STANDARD AUDIT WORKSHEETS (RSAWS)

This webinar demonstrates how utilizing a dynamic RSAW management system enables Registered Entities to be spot check and audit-ready with current NERC requirements.

AUTOMATING DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT & EVIDENCE COLLECTION

Learn how automating document management & evidence collection ensures that your documents and evidence prove compliance with NERC standards. Concludes with a brief AssurX product demonstration.

LEVERAGING AN ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE PLATFORM FOR NERC AND REGIONAL COMPLIANCE

See how AssurX ECOS integrates solutions for meeting NERC and regional mandates with automated, connected, configurable workflow processes. Focus areas include documents and evidence, assessments, audits and RSAWs, issue mitigation, and internal controls.

EXPLORING THE 3 MOST VIOLATED NERC CIP STANDARDS

Failed audits can result in significant fines and costly remediation to bring systems back to a state of compliance.A proactive approach using industry best practices can significantly improve compliance and reduce threat risks to your infrastructure.

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