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.

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)- ...

RuggedCom introduced a new NERC (North American Electric Reliability Council) CIP (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Cyber Security solution at the 2007 DistribuTECH show in San Diego. RuggedCom ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — December 03, 2008— nCircle, the leader in automated security and configuration auditing solutions, today announced new security and configuration policies designed to help electric ...

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 ...

NERC CIP V5 is a set of sophisticated requirements that demand cyber security tools to achieve stringent compliance objectives for today's complex power grid networks ...

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 ...