A certified sovereign Utility PKI designed for Energy PKI CSIP-AUS use cases including emergency backstop and dynamic operating envelopes and the next wave of CER trust services.

Cogito Group delivers an Australian-hosted, Australian-operated PKI service that helps distribution network service providers, OEMs and energy participants meet secure communications obligations in a consistent, scalable and future-ready way.

Certified Sovereign Delivery

Australian-hosted, Australian-operated PKI services designed for critical infrastructure and national trust requirements.

IRAP Assessed Posture

Operational model aligned to IRAP-assessed environments, Gatekeeper-grade controls, and security-cleared operations staff.

CSIP-AUS Ready

Supports certificate lifecycle management for CSIP-AUS communications, including emergency backstop and dynamic operating envelope use cases.

Built For What Comes Next

Extensible PKI foundations for broader CER pathways including VPPs, EV charging ecosystems, OCPP, ISO 15118 and future energy trust models.

Use Case

CSIP-AUS secure communications

Enable trusted communications for current NEPKI objectives, including emergency backstop schemes and dynamic operating envelopes.

OEM and Ecosystem Onboarding

Support practical registration, issuance and lifecycle workflows across OEMs, cloud aggregators, utilities and authorised participants.

Future CER Trust Services

Create a sovereign foundation for VPPs, EV charging, OCPP, ISO 15118 and emerging distributed energy market interactions.

Why Cogito

Secure communications for CER need more than certificates.

They need a sovereign operating model, national-scale lifecycle management, auditable governance, trusted personnel, and a delivery team that understands both PKI and operational technology. Cogito brings those elements together in one managed service.

Built on Cogito’s Jellyfish platform, the service supports secure issuance, renewal, revocation, monitoring and reporting across device, server and administrator certificate types, while creating a practical pathway for onboarding OEMs, cloud aggregators, DNSPs and future energy ecosystem participants.

What We Deliver

National-scale PKI service for consumer energy resources
Certificate lifecycle management for device, server and operator certificates
Secure onboarding for DNSPs, OEMs, aggregators and other PKI consumers
OCSP, CRLs, audit logging and reporting
Key ceremonies, CPS and CP development, and governance support
Support for phased rollout, operational sustainment and future iteration

National alignment

Aligned to NEPKI today. Ready for the CER roadmap tomorrow.

The current priority is secure PKI delivery for CSIP-AUS, including emergency backstop schemes and dynamic operating envelopes so DNSPs can meet obligations consistently. That is the immediate trust layer.

But the same PKI foundation can support broader consumer energy resource pathways as the market evolves, including virtual power plants, EV charging, new communications standards and additional certificate policies, practices and registration models.

Delivery model

Cogito’s approach combines co-design, key ceremonies, policy and CPS/CP development, service onboarding, operational support, reporting, and iterative enhancement to ensure the platform can start with NEPKI’s immediate objectives and grow into a broader sovereign trust service for Australia’s distributed energy future.

Now

CSIP-AUS communications
Emergency backstop enablement
Dynamic operating envelopes
Consistent DNSP trust services

VPP trust services
EV charging ecosystems
OCPP and ISO 15118 support pathways
New CER certificate and onboarding models

Certified, sovereign and built for critical infrastructure trust.

Assurance model

Cogito’s PKI operating model is designed for Australian sovereignty requirements and high-assurance environments. That includes local hosting, local operations, strong procedural controls and an auditable security posture suitable for nationally significant digital trust services.

Hosted in Australian Government-accredited data centres
Operated by Australian citizens with security clearances
Two-person control for sensitive operations
FIPS-protected key management model
TLS-protected communications and strong encryption at rest
Daily operational and security checks with SIEM-aligned logging

Cogito Group National Energy PKI

Certified sovereign PKI for Australia’s CER communications ecosystem

Cogito Group provides an Australian-hosted, Australian-operated PKI service that supports NEPKI’s immediate CSIP-AUS priorities while establishing a trusted foundation for broader consumer energy resource communications over time.

The service is designed to support emergency backstop schemes, dynamic operating envelopes and secure certificate lifecycle management across devices, servers, OEMs, cloud aggregators and authorised administrators. It also provides a pathway for future PKI use cases such as VPPs, EV charging, OCPP and ISO 15118.

Differentiators

Certified sovereign delivery model IRAP-assessed operating posture Australian security-cleared operators Gatekeeper-grade assurance experience

Functions

Issuance, renewal and revocation OCSP, CRLs and audit reporting Key ceremonies and policy development Scalable onboarding and lifecycle workflows

At a glance

Provider: Cogito Group
Solution: Certified sovereign National Energy PKI service
Core platform: Jellyfish PKI and Certificate Lifecycle Management
Primary alignment: NEPKI, CSIP-AUS and broader CER secure communications
Current use cases: Emergency backstop schemes and dynamic operating envelopes
Hosting model: Australian-hosted managed service
Operations model: Australian-operated by security-cleared personnel
Security posture: IRAP-assessed, Gatekeeper-aligned, ISO 27001-aligned sovereign delivery model
Trust services: CA operations, lifecycle management, revocation, OCSP, CRLs, reporting and auditability
Future pathways: VPPs, EV charging, OCPP, ISO 15118 and broader CER PKI use cases