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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Grid modernization has created an explosion of network-connected equipment, exposing utilities to a wide range of potential threats from nation states, criminals, disgruntled employees, and accidental ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. The new NERC CIP Support Pack empowers secure deployments both inside and outside the ESP, validated by SOC 2 and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The electric power industry is a relatively exposed component of the nation’s infrastructure. Vulnerabilities to natural disasters, system disruptions and human ...

When Washington state utility executive Benjamin Beberness dug into what was behind the crippling cybersecurity blackout in Ukraine, the details were chilling, not only because of their malevolent ...