Arm Drives Smart Utilities for KEPCOÔÇÖs Behind the Meter Project

News Highlights:

• Agreement with KEPCO to transform smart utilities for largest energy
  company in South Korea
• Arm uniquely positioned in IoT to deliver secure development,
  connectivity, provisioning and management from chip to cloud
• Arm IoT solutions will enable new use cases for KEPCO including
  connecting and analyzing data from 20 million smart utility devices

CAMBRIDGE, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Arm–Arm today announced that it has been selected by Korea
Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), South
KoreaÔÇÖs largest utilities company, to lead the transformation of its
metering systems. As part of a multi-year agreement, Arm will provide
IoT software and device management, hardware IP, and consulting services
to drive new smart utility use cases for KEPCO.

Arm is working with KEPCO to expand their existing metering system that
currently connects household smart meters mainly over wired
connectivity. The Arm®
MbedÔäó IoT Device Management Platform delivers secure connectivity,
over-the-air provisioning, and device management. The solution provides
the flexibility organizations require in managing all of their IoT
devices whether in the public or private cloud, on-premise or in hybrid
environments.

ÔÇ£IoT complexity is a major challenge for organizations, and they need
solutions that provide security, scalability and simplicity across both
hardware and software,ÔÇØ said Dipesh Patel, president IoT Services Group,
Arm. ÔÇ£ArmÔÇÖs strong heritage of more than 25 years designing SoC
technology and a scalable software device management platform uniquely
positions us to help companies securely address IoT deployments
end-to-end.ÔÇØ

ArmÔÇÖs strong commitment
and
leadership in delivering end-to-end IoT security was a significant
factor for KEPCO, and will provide the foundation of their IoT solution.
KEPCO plans to use the Mbed
IoT Device Platform, Arm®
Cortex®-M33 processor, and Platform
Security Architecture (PSA) including Arm®
TrustZone® technology for secure device
development, deployment and management.

ÔÇ£As part of our digital transformation project, smart utilities
provide us with opportunities to increase efficiency, deliver better
service to our customers, and enable new use cases, but we also must
ensure weÔÇÖre delivering robust security,ÔÇØ said Dong-Sub Kim, EVP & CTO
for KEPCO. ÔÇ£We chose Arm to lead our smart utilities efforts as they
provide a comprehensive IoT solution for securely developing, managing,
provisioning and connecting IoT devices from the chip to the cloud.ÔÇØ

Arm will deliver a comprehensive set of IoT solutions that enable KEPCO
to securely deploy and manage millions of connected units and introduce
new smart utility use cases. Benefits include:

• Ease of development: Arm technology such as Cortex-M33
  processor and development tools from Mbed
  OS help KEPCO reduce total development cost, improve time to
  market and efficiency, and make smart meters more secure.
• Over-the-air provisioning and firmware updates: Mbed
  Cloud ensures connected devices work out-of-the-box once they are
  deployed in the field and can be managed and updated remotely, which
  is critical for maintaining a strong security posture.
• Real-time data collection and intelligence at the edge: Mbed
  Edge will enable KEPCO to deploy smart gateways that connect
  additional grid and utility services, as well as home appliances. The
  data can be analyzed in real-time for optimized energy consumption.
• Robust end-to-end IoT security: Mbed
  IoT Device Management Platform, Cortex-M33
  and TrustZone
  help KEPCO securely build, deploy and manage connected devices from
  the chip to cloud. PSA
  also provides the first industry framework for building securely
  connected devices, including a common set of ground rules and
  resources that reduce the cost, time, and risk associated with IoT
  security today.

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