The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) July 16, 2015, proposing to approve various Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) reliability standards ...

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 ...

For the second time in less than a year, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has imposed a six-figure penalty on a participant in the electric market for fundamentally failing ...

PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 2006--TECSys Development, Inc. (TDi), a leading provider of enterprise Security Event Management (SEM) and regulatory compliance solutions, today announced ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

During the webinar, Rasmussen and SailPoint will review the NERC CIP standards, explain what is needed and outline the critical role identity governance plays in achieving the next level of compliance ...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Jan. 23 approved two new reliability standards related to transmission system planning performance and cybersecurity. However, it also proposed to ...

NERC’s Board of Trustees has revealed important actions to mitigate extreme weather impacts on the grid, help assure adequate energy supply and strengthen cybersecurity protections through the ...