critical infrastructure protection (CIP)
Standards Committee members asked for details on the committee's future after NERC's Board of Trustees approved sweeping changes to the standards development process.
The cybersecurity firm Dragos identified three new attack groups in its Year in Review report, while also sharing more concerns about a December cyberattack against Poland's electric grid.
NERC and other commenters on two NOPRs supported the ERO's proposed changes to the critical infrastructure protection standards.
FERC staff warned in a report that third-party cloud services pose an ongoing risk to the security of the electric grid.
In two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking issued at its open meeting, FERC proposed to approve 11 new Critical Infrastructure Protection standards intended to allow utilities to use virtualization technology.
FERC provided additional explanations of a key term in its directive that NERC revise a recently approved cybersecurity standard.
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.
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