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.

As a result, most security experts and best practices mandate the use of continuous security monitoring at the network and computer system level, and it is important to incorporate them into our ...

NERC CIP 011 was approved by the NERC Board of Trustees on January 24, ... CIP 003-3 Security Management Controls Implement control points for the critical assets identified in CIP 002.

Discover the importance of cyber security in protecting electrical grids and the measures being undertaken to ensure ...

While many of the NERC CIP guidelines would constitute good security practices in most organizations, there seem to be immense implementation challenges to utilities.

Last week I asked if electrical utilities’ IT security is de facto guaranteed by compliance with the NERC CIP standard. With no disrespect whatsoever intended towards NERC or their CIP standard ...

The company designed its NERC CIP Information Security E-Learning Series on open-web standards, sharable content object reference model (SCORM) compliance, and advanced technical concepts.

NERC Standards and Implications. In June 2006, NERC adopted Cyber Security Standards CIP-002 through 009 specifying the minimum requirements needed to ensure the security of the electronic ...

PRINCETON, N.J.—The new mandatory physical security requirements for protecting the nation's electric grid are explained in a new whitepaper, published in January by smart thermal camera provider ...

However, NERC expressed hope that the vendor community servicing the electric industry would begin to include the CIP-013-1 security concepts in their BES Cyber System products and contracts ...

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 ...

New standards for critical infrastructure protection (CIP) have many utilities scrambling to comply. Cyber security: Are you NERC/CIP complaint? New standards for critical infrastructure protection ...