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SCADA Watch: U.S. FERC Defines Cyber Defense Posture for Power Grid

Ellen Messmer writes on NetworkWorld:

The Washington-based Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today approved eight "critical infrastructure protection" (CIP) standards intended to protect the electric-power grid operated by the nation's utilities from coming under cyberattack because of poor access control, software vulnerabilities or other weaknesses in their data-control systems.

FERC, which has regulatory authority over U.S. electric and gas utilities, decided in a unanimous vote to require that users, owners and operators of what's called the "bulk power system" for electricity, to establish policies and plans to safeguard physical and electronic access to control systems, according to the eight CIP principles.

posted by Fergie @ 1/17/2008 01:11:00 PM