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  • April 2012 - Wiznucleus Collaborates with Microsoft for NERC-CIP Software Solutions ...(read more)


  • Wiznucleus to present at the upcoming NEI Cyber Security Workshop on January 31-Februray 2, 2012(read more)


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  • Wiznucleus to present at the upcoming Smart Grid Security Summit... (read more)



  • Wiznucleus to present at the upcoming NERC Compliance Fundamentals Workshop... (read more)

  • STARS Nuclear Plants Adopt Wiznucleus Risk Assessment & Compliance Platform.(read more)

  • Pacific Gas & Electric of San Francisco selects Wiznucleus Cyberwiz-Pro (read more)

  • Luminant Energy selects Wiznucleus Cyberwiz-Pro Software for Comanche(read more)

  • Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation selects Wiznucleus/Cyberwiz-Pro (read more)

  • Wiznucleus launches NERC-WIZ Life-Cycle Risk Assessment & Compliance software platform (read more)

  • Multiple Nuclear Power Plants Deploy Risk Assessment & Compliance Software from Wiznucleus (read more)


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      Power grid cybersecurity: $60 piece of software could bring mass chaos

      "Utility cybersecurity is in a state of near chaos." While Pike estimated $14 billion will be pumped into the smart grid from now through 2018, with 63% of that for control system security, a "$60 piece of software can bypass an entire defense-in-depth implementation." ...(read more)

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      Hackers: Attack on City Water Station Destroys Pump

      Intruders launched their attack from IP addresses based in Russia and gained access by hacking inot the network of a software vendor that makes the SCADA...(read more)

      U.S. Report Accuses China and Russia of Internet Spying

      Washington, DC – American intelligence agencies, in an unusually blunt public criticism of China and Russia, reported to Congress on Thursday that those two foreign governments steal valuable American technology over the Internet as a matter of national policy....(read more)

      Researchers warn of new Stuxnet worm

      Researchers have found evidence that the Stuxnet worm, which alarmed governments around the world, could be about to regenerate...(read more)

      Department of Energy Releases New Roadmap to Guide Public-Private Cybersecurity Initiatives

      Washington, DC – As part of the Obama Administration’s goals to enhance the security and reliability of the nation’s energy infrastructure, the U.S. Department of Energy today released the 2011 Roadmap to Achieve Energy Delivery Systems Cybersecurity. Developed as an update to the 2006 Roadmap to Secure Control Systems in the Energy Sector ...(read more)

      For the Best Infrastructure Investment, Free the Telecom and Energy Sectors

      Spending on infrastructure is a key element in the economic plan President Obama proposed last week. But the critical questions are what the money gets spent on and where it comes from. ...(read more)

      DOE Lab Shuts Down Email, Web Access After Sophisticated Cyber-Attack

      Cyber-attackers hit another Department of Energy research laboratory last week, forcing IT managers to shut down all of the facility’s computer links to the outside world to try to contain the damage ...(read more)

      Ponemon Institute Survey Finds 90 Percent of Businesses Fell Victim to Cyber Security Breach at Least Once in the Past 12 Months

      Juniper Networks Sponsored Survey Finds Security Breaches Cost 41 Percent of Businesses at Least a Half a Million Dollars ...(read more)

      Cyber attack blocks website of Brazilian presidency

      A cyber attack blocked traffic to the webiste of the Brazilian presidency and two other government sites ...(read more)

      U.S. Cyber Challenge Announces 2011 Cyber Camps

      The U.S. Cyber Challenge today announced the 2011 Cyber Camps, a series of weeklong ...(read more)

      String of cyber attacks threat to U.S. security?

      Japanese video game developer Sega announced Sunday that hackers broke into its database and stole ...(read more)

      Analysis: Cyber raids fuel calls for monitoring

      Employers rushing to boost cyber defenses after a rash of U.S. online break-ins ...(read more)

      U.S. military sharing secret cyber threat info with defense contractors

      A new U.S. military program shares classified information about cyber threats with defense contractors and their ISPs as part of...(read more)

      Wanted: mature cyber security response plans - NERC CIP forms foundation, but more needed

      The timley release of a report Monday by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) cuts straight to the heart of the electric utility cyber security discussions ongoing ...(read more)

      Hackers claim break-in of U.S. Senate computers as CIA chief Panetta warns cyber attack could be 'next Pearl Harbor'

      Panetta: Large-scale cyber attack that could take down the major infrastructure is 'real possibility'...(read more)

      How to Make the Smart Grid Smarter than Cyber Attackers

      As the United States and other countries prepare for the transition to a smarter electrical grid, there's great reason to be optimistic...(read more)

      I.M.F. Reports Cyberattack Led to 'Very Major Breach'

      WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund, still struggling to find a new leader after the arrest...(read more)

      Obama Cybersecurity Plan Urges More Disclosure of Breaches

      WASHINGTON – The Obama administration's proposal for protecting banks, power grids...(read more)

      White House unveils cybersecurity plan

      WASHINGTON – Companies that run critical U.S. industries such as power plants would get government...(read more)

      US nuclear industry watching, waiting

      Japan's reactor crisis has renewed anxiety about nuclear safety and could derail efforts to revive the U.S. industry as a clean alternative energy source...(read more)

      Afternoon Take: Markey Cites New Report to Call For Nuclear Moratorium

      The fallout of the continuing crisis at Japan's Fukushima power plant has Rep. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., ...(read more)

      NERC CIPs: Latest updates on V.4 & 5 (and sympathy for folks building them)

      A few weeks ago I attempted to impact some wisdom on the status of the CIPs...(read more)

      NERC CIPs: Looking at Version 4 Red-lines and Headlines in early 2011

      Back in December 2009, the CIP-002 version 4 draft was called "Cyber Security-BES Cyber System Categorization...(read more)

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      News Release

      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

      Wiznucleus Launches the Industry's First Automation Solution for Distributed Control System Managers. Analyzes Security Risks Across Plant Systems, SCADA Control Systems, and Physical Security Perimeter.

      New York, NY, June 15-Wiznucleus, Inc., a leading Cyber Security Risk Assessment & Compliance solutions vendor has launched its NERC-Wiz™, a NERC CIP Compliance Automation Solution for its utility customers. The company's risk assessment & compliance software is deployed in a number of nuclear power plants and utilities. By drawing on its experience in developing cyber security solutions for the nuclear power plant industry and leveraging its highly flexible technology architecture, Wiznucleus' NERC-Wiz is a strongly differentiated solution for meeting the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) CIP-001-009 reliability standards. The solution enables customers to maintain a cost-effective mechanism that not only manages compliance, but also helps them to understand their security risks while providing and developing remediation options to mitigate them.

      "Our investment in a highly flexible and scalable technology architecture, energy industry domain expertise, and our close partnerships has enabled us to launch a unique solution that significantly reduces the complexity and cost of meeting cyber security compliance requirements," says Krish Shetty, CEO of Wiznucleus.Tim Johnson, Principle Consultant of Invensys says, "NERC-Wiz is an intuitive and comprehensive compliance tool that will save my staff countless hours of effort. This tool is a necessity for managing all of the assessments, remediation and documentation required by the NERC CIPs."

      The software solution provides utilities with the ability to identify which controls have been implemented for Critical Cyber Asset, demonstrate how the Electronic and Physical Security Perimeters are protecting them, illustrating where gaps in compliance exist, provide a mechanism to view compliance in a dashboard, manage access and mitigate the risks associated with audit record retention and availability. NERC-Wiz™, enables utilities to experience audits that are smooth, customers have the ability to be well organized and prepared to meet the compliance standards in an efficient manner.

      Wiznucleus, headquartered in New York City, continues to grow as a risk assessment and compliance solutions company with strong commitment to developing next-generation cyber security risk management solutions, including risk assessment and audit automation software to meet 10 CFR 73.54/NEI 08-09, FERC, NERC CIP 001-009 and Smart Grid Cyber Security requirements. The company's software products are currently in operation in multiple nuclear power plants and utilities.


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