A power interruption could happen as a result of a malicious attack, an act of cyber-terrorism or simply an innocent mistake. No matter what the cause, the North American Electric Reliability ...

Any discussion around security and how much is good enough for utilities is framed by standards, how well those standards are implemented, and risk. In the U.S., the security of the electric utility ...

Dragos Platform Fulfills INSM Requirements to Monitor and Protect Critical Electric Infrastructure, Enabling Electric Utilities to Benefit from Early Adoption Incentives HANOVER, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)- ...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC’s) motion to defer implementation of seven reliability standards—including for ...

Symantec Corp. has announced a comprehensive IT compliance solution to help electric utility firms comply with the North American Electric Reliability Council’s Critical Infrastructure Protection ...

The provisionally-approved CIP V5 standards address a wider spectrum of cyber-security technologies than were addressed in previous versions, and in particular the draft V5 standards address and ...

A growing chorus of experts warns that process sensors — long excluded from cybersecurity standards due to their non-routable protocols — pose a critical risk to the electric grid as FERC and NERC ...

On January 20, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) proposed to direct the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to develop for FERC review and approval new or ...

There are no unimportant North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) reliability standards, but from time to time, NERC and the Regional Entities (Regions) place greater emphasis on certain ...

The newly approved NERC CIP standards covering cyber security in the electric power industry may be controversial, but there are big fines for lack of compliance. During a New Orleans cyber security ...

The NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Version 5 standards which address the security of cyber assets essential to the reliable operation of the North American bulk electric system become ...