The new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and new Order are both related to grid security In a new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and a new Order, the Federal ...

Most security operations people I’ve spoken with at electrical utilities have a good handle on the security vulnerabilities within their own SCADA environments. Their problem is convincing their ...

On May 23, 2024, FERC approved the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (“NERC”) proposed Critical Infrastructure Protection (“CIP”) Reliability Standard, CIP-012-2 (Cyber Security – ...

nCircle has announced new security and configuration policies designed to help electric utilities comply with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Critical Infrastructure ...

CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ArcSight, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARST), a leading global provider of compliance and security management solutions that protect enterprises and government agencies, today ...

Genetec has published a guide for utility companies on how to select a security system that supports compliance with the Critical Infrastructure Protection plan (CIP) of the North American Electric ...

Even if your generating facility was exempt from previous versions of NERC’s Critical Infrastructure Protection standards, the latest version dramatically steps up the number of facilities encompassed ...

Last week I described real life SCADA vulnerabilities. My intent was to assist IT security people to dialogue with their executive management about security budgets. This week I will continue by ...

CHICAGO & ISSAQUAH, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Network Perception, innovators of operational technology (OT) solutions that protect mission-critical assets, and NAES Corporation, the energy industry’s ...

SANS Institute, the global leader in information security training, has announced the addition of a new security training course ICS456: Essentials for NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP).

In August 2014, NERC published its Cyber Security Reliability Standards CIP V5 Transition Guidance. The deadline to comply with NERC CIP 5, as it’s called, was scheduled for April 1, 2016. Many U.S.