Benefits of Access to Consumption Data Must Be Balanced Against Costs –...
Balancing benefits of consumer access to their own consumption data with the costs anticipated by the various approaches was stressed by UTC comments filed in DOE’s request for information on data...
View ArticleCYBER SECURITY: Brace Yourself
Cyber security will come to dominate all aspects of information communications technology at utilities in 2011 and 2012. I would love your ideas on what more UTC could do to help you with this.The...
View ArticleNERC Issues AURORA Vulnerability Alert, Provides New Information To Mitigate...
The North American Electric Reliability Corp (NERC) is requiring that members of the bulk power system implement protections against a vulnerability that could be exploited to cause physical damage to...
View ArticleNIST Issues Final Version of Industrial Control Systems Security Guide
A new document intended to help pipeline operators, power producers, manufacturers and other managers of critical infrastructures to secure their systems while addressing their unique performance,...
View ArticlePresidential Order on Information Sharing
President Obama signed an Executive Order (EO) on October 7, 2011 that calls for structural reforms to the oversight of classified information. The EO supports, codifies, and accelerates ongoing work...
View ArticleNERC Reliability Report Draws Attention to Threats and Issues in Bulk Power...
Integration of smart grid devices, and other new and emerging technologies reliant on communications to control operations of the device pose a threat to the reliability of the electric grid, according...
View ArticleNERC CIP Version 5 Fails to Pass First Vote
Version 5 of the NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) was released for comment and vote in December. The results of the voting have been released and the standard updates failed to receive the...
View ArticleICS-CERT Issues Alert on Attacks on SCADA Systems
The Industrial Control System Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) has issued an alert on February 3, 2012, concerning SSH scanning activity that is targeting control systems. The agency states...
View ArticleGAO Testimony Before Congress Questions Security of Utility Infrastructure,...
Threats to systems supporting critical infrastructure — including the smart grid — are constantly “evolving and growing” and as a result have been termed “government-wide high-risk areas” by the U.S....
View ArticleSANS SCADA Security Summit Report
SANS held its eighth annual North American Industrial Control System (ICS) & SCADA Security Summit at the Disney Resort in Orlando, FL this week, a venue that uses thousands of control systems...
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