Security
9410 series
Related Topics
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Configuring standard security using ION Setup
Security recommendations and best practices
Recommended security configuration
There are recommended security configuration settings to help improve security on
your meter.
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Ensure that your meter requires a password for configuration through the display or
communications.
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Configure the protocol lockouts to help minimize access to your meter.
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Enable advanced security on your meter.
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Configure users and passwords to help minimize access to your meter.
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Save a copy of your meter’s ION Setup security configuration (*.scf) file in a secure
location for future reference or troubleshooting. Your meter’s security configuration
file can be loaded onto other meters of the same type to configure their security
settings.
Password best practices
There are recommended password best practices to help improve security on your
meter.
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Change your meter’s display (front panel) password from the default value.
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Make your meter’s display and user-specific passwords as complex as possible.
NOTE:
Make sure that the user password you enter is compatible with the software
used to communicate with your device.
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Schedule regular changes to your meter’s display and user passwords.
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Record your meter’s display and user passwords in a secure location.
If your meter’s user access information is lost, you must return the meter to the factory,
where your meter is reset to its factory defaults and all logged data is lost.
NOTICE
DATA LOSS
Failure to follow these instructions can result in equipment damage.
Record your device's user and password information in a secure location.
Additional security recommendations
There are additional security recommendations to help improve security on your meter.
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Disable communications for all unused Ethernet network protocols.
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For the highest level of security, use a revenue-locked meter with advanced
security enabled and configured for minimum access.
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Save a copy of your meter’s security configuration (*.scf) file in a secure location for
future reference or troubleshooting. Your meter’s security configuration file can be
loaded onto other meters of the same type to configure their security settings.
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Set your meter’s time synchronization source to a secure communications port, and
disable time synchronization on all other ports.
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