In June 2006, the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) standards for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) — Cyber Security 1 were adopted. The roots of these standards can be traced ...

Electrical utilities are already challenged with the process of becoming certified for compliance with the NERC CIP standard for IT security. The NERC CIP standard is evolving, thank goodness. Perhaps ...

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 ...

A few weeks ago I wrote about the anticipated positive aspects of NERC CIP 011. I received comments and questions about timing of approval and implementation, as well as a request to briefly clarify ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HOUSTON , Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- As the next NERC CIP compliance deadlines grow near, power utilities are homing in on solutions. Bow Networks' president, Jeff Gill , and GarrettCom's EVP, John Shaw ...

Waterfall Security Solutions (Waterfall), which specializes in critical infrastructure and industrial control systems security, announced today that its suite of products and its underlying ...

I recently wrote about a new trend I encountered at the PAS Technology Conference in Houston that involved the training operators at BASF’s Freeport, Texas, plant to create the HMI screens they use.