JD Supra

FERC Directs NERC to Develop Internal Network Security Monitoring for High and Medium Impact Bulk Electric System Cyber Systems

On January 19, 2023, the Commission issued a final rule that directs the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (“NERC”) to develop and submit reliability standards for monitoring high and ...
JD Supra

FERC Directs NERC to Study Bulk Electric System's Internal Cybersecurity Gaps

FERC initiated this proceeding with a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the "NOPR") in early 2022.[4] In the NOPR, FERC raised the issue of a regulatory gap in Critical Infrastructure Protection ("CIP") ...
T&D

FERC Proposes New Critical Infrastructure Standards to Identify Supply Chain Risks in Grid-Related Cybersecurity Systems

FERC has proposed for new or modified critical infrastructure (CIP) standards to address the growing cyber risk management gaps affecting the reliable operation of the bulk-power system. The proposal ...
Dark Reading

FERC Outlines Supply Chain Security Rules for Power Plants

Attacks targeting SolarWinds and MOVEit in recent years have spotlighted supply chain risks in cybersecurity. In the wake of recent high-profile incidents at utilities, including one last week in ...
POWER Magazine

OT Under Siege: Why Grid Control Systems Need a New Kind of Cyber Defense

At a remote substation in the Midwest, I watched recently as a team of cybersecurity specialists gathered not to fix a breach but to simulate one. The substation—a medium-impact test site built by one ...
Rigzone

NERC SVP Says Today's Threat Landscape is Dynamic

Today’s threat landscape is dynamic, presenting challenges that are increasingly difficult to detect and protect against. That’s what Manny Cancel, the senior vice president of the North American ...