From: Utility DIVE
Dive Brief:
- Federal regulators have directed the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) to develop an improved cybersecurity protocol to protect the nation’s electric grid, calling for a supply chain risk management standard that protects both information systems and related bulk electric system assets, Smart Grid News reports.
- The Federal Energy Regulator Commission directed NERC to develop a “forward-looking, objective-based” reliability standard that requires security controls for supply chain management for industrial control system hardware, software, and services associated with bulk electric system operations.
- Also, FERC is considering changing Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards regarding the protection of control centers that are used to monitor and control the bulk electric system in real-time, and has issued a Notice of Inquiry.
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