NERC's Standards Committee agreed to post two inverter-based resource-related standard authorization requests for industry comment at its monthly meeting.

A speaker at a Texas RE webinar suggested that utilities look beyond the minimum cybersecurity preparations required by NERC's Critical Infrastructure Protection standards.

NERC asked FERC for additional clarity on a key term in its order directing modifications to the latest critical infrastructure protection standard.

NERC released an industry survey on emerging security risks to the grid, along with material helping owners of inverter-based resources register with the ERO.

FERC approved a proposed standard to require internal network security monitoring at high- and medium-impact grid cyber systems while ordering further modifications.

NERC's Standards Committee moved forward with multiple standards development projects, while rejecting one standard request as proposed by a development team.

Texas RE's manager of CIP compliance monitoring said humans remain the most important factor in a utility's cybersecurity approach.

NERC's Standards Committee agreed to post several standards projects for industry comment, though members expressed concern about a plan to compress their timelines.

Presenters at a Texas RE webinar focused on helping newly registered entities with the most frequently seen violations among utilities in similar circumstances.