Your grid.
Your devices.
Your trust.
Take greater control of device identity across your connected utility infrastructure. GridAuth helps utilities establish a path toward independent, multi-vendor trust management while simplifying certificate provisioning for the manufacturers that build their devices.
You own the grid. You should control what it trusts.
Utilities deploy millions of connected devices from different manufacturers. Those devices can remain in service for decades, long after their original certificates, suppliers and security assumptions have changed. Yet identity management is often fragmented across manufacturer-specific systems.
Multi-vendor fleets
Smart meters, routers, gateways and field equipment arrive with different identities and certificate requirements. Utilities need a consistent trust model across suppliers.
Manufacturer dependence
Factory-issued identities are important, but long-term operational trust should not depend entirely on the manufacturer that originally supplied a device.
Decades of responsibility
Devices outlast individual certificates, cryptographic algorithms and procurement cycles. Trust must remain manageable throughout the infrastructure lifecycle.
Take control of your device trust architecture.
GridAuth's strategic direction is to help utilities define which devices they trust, recognize manufacturer identities, and establish operational identities under utility-defined policies, independent of individual equipment suppliers.
Your policies. Your trust boundaries.
Recognize approved manufacturers and device identity sources.
Use utility-defined identities and trust policies where required.
Track trust across device generations and changing requirements.
Reduce reliance on proprietary, manufacturer-specific identity stacks.
Advanced utility trust workflows are part of the evolving GridAuth product direction.
The manufacturer builds the device. The utility controls its operational trust.
Factory-issued identities establish a starting point. GridAuth lets utilities validate those identities and establish independent operational trust across mixed fleets of connected equipment.
Initial identity established during manufacturing
Device identity validation and utility trust policies
Utility-defined credentials, trust domains and lifecycle policies
Make trusted provisioning part of the production process.
GridAuth simplifies the work of establishing device identities before equipment reaches the utility. From product definition and test credentials to repeatable manufacturing workflows, it translates PKI operations into practical device management.
Define product models
Associate hardware families with identity requirements and trust resources.
Provision device certificates
Connect physical devices and serial information to certificate signing requests and issuance.
Automate manufacturing
Integrate provisioning into production systems using API-driven workflows.
Device-centric provisioning, backed by operational PKI.
GridAuth organizes certificate provisioning around products and physical devices, rather than requiring users to manage every step through traditional CA administration tools.
Create product models
Establish product families and their identity requirements.
Identify the device
Associate a physical device and its certificate request with the correct product.
Establish identity
Issue standards-based credentials through OmniTrust PKI infrastructure.
Maintain traceability
Keep searchable device and credential issuance records.
The device is the center of the workflow.
Product models, device inventory, identity requests, issuance records, authorized users and API-based integration are organized into one practical management experience.
One meter. More than one certificate.
A smart meter may use different credentials for network authentication, device management, metering communications and operational identity. The utility needs to understand how those credentials relate to the same physical device.
| Credential | Purpose | Trust Domain | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wi-SUN FAN | Network authentication | Wi-SUN network | Current |
| GEISA / LwM2M | Device management | Utility operations | Current |
| DLMS/COSEM | Meter communications | Metering | Renewal Due |
| Utility LDevID | Operational identity | Utility-controlled | Current |
Trust extends beyond the smart meter.
AMI meters represent the tip of the iceburg. The same identity and trust challenges extend across the wider utility device ecosystem.
AMI Smart Meters
Electric, gas and water metering equipment and connected AMI deployments.
Field Devices
Reclosers, fault indicators, capacitor banks and distribution equipment.
Routers & Gateways
Communications infrastructure connecting field devices and utility networks.
Grid Edge Equipment
Connected and distributed infrastructure participating in the modern grid.
Utility Systems
Backend systems and operational environments that depend on trusted devices.
Manufacturing Systems
Production lines and provisioning workflows establishing initial device identity.
Trust infrastructure that fits your operating model.
Utilities and manufacturers have different security, infrastructure and operational requirements. GridAuth's deployment direction builds on the flexibility of OmniTrust PKI.
Managed SaaS
Managed infrastructure for organizations seeking simplified operations and faster onboarding.
Single-Tenant Hosting
Dedicated hosting for organizations with stronger environment separation requirements.
Private Cloud / On-Prem
Customer-controlled infrastructure for utilities requiring greater operational and cryptographic control.
Simple device workflows. Serious trust infrastructure.
GridAuth provides the device-facing registration and management experience. OmniTrust OTPKI supplies the underlying operational trust infrastructure for certificate issuance and cryptographic lifecycle operations.
GridAuth Device Management
Product models, devices, provisioning workflows, inventory and issuance history.
Operational PKI
CA hierarchies, certificate issuance, validation, revocation, key management and HSM integration.
Standards & Automation
OTPKI supports ACME, EST, SCEP, CMP, REST and gRPC. GridAuth-specific protocol exposure depends on the implemented workflow.
OmniTrust's broader cryptographic capabilities also provide a foundation for crypto agility and future post-quantum transition planning across long-lived utility infrastructure.
Take the next step toward utility-controlled trust.
We're engaging with utilities, device manufacturers and ecosystem partners to shape the next phase of GridAuth. Tell us about your device fleets, certificate requirements and operational priorities.
Tell us what your grid needs.
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