Most utilities operate a dozen or more separate systems—EMS, DMS, OMS, market platforms, asset management, and analytics environments—each maintaining its own representation of the grid. SISCO GridCore is a CIM-based enterprise grid authority platform that resolves this fragmentation by establishing a single, governed model of the grid that every connected system can rely on. The Common Information Model (CIM), defined in IEC 61970 and IEC 61968, is the semantic foundation on which GridCore operates, validates, and distributes grid data across the enterprise.

GridCore is not middleware that moves data. It is an authority layer that governs the meaning of that data—built on IEC 61970/61968 (CIM), aligned with IEC 61850 and IEC 60870‑6 TASE.2 (ICCP), and secured to IEC 62351. Utilities deploy GridCore as the foundation for digital twin initiatives, accelerated system onboarding, and long-term architectural stability, without replacing existing operational systems.

• Governance -- Controls who can create, modify, or approve changes to the enterprise grid model; preserves CIM as the single source of truth across all connected systems

• Profile Validation -- Verifies CIM instance data conforms to configured profiles, checking topology, alignment, and compliance before acceptance into the authority model

• Schema Enforcement -- Validates required fields, data types, and structural relationships against CIM schema rules prior to ingestion, preventing malformed data at the source

• Versioning -- Tracks every model change over time; states are recorded, manageable, and reversible, eliminating version drift across connected enterprise and operational systems

• Synchronization -- Propagates changes across all connected systems so every application works from the same governed, validated grid view at all times

• Subscription Management -- Delivers only the CIM data subset each application requires, defined by its Application Profile, through managed subscriptions

• IEC 61970 / IEC 61968 (CIM) -- Core enterprise grid model foundation; the semantic language GridCore™ governs and validates across all connected systems

• IEC 61850 -- Substation and field device data alignment; consistent model representation from control center to grid edge

• IEC 60870‑6 TASE.2 (ICCP) -- Control center communications alignment; real-time inter-utility data exchange within the governed CIM model

• IEC 62351 -- Cybersecurity; TLS, identity, and trust controls secured at the model authority layer