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The Growing Need for Cybersecurity Protection in Low-Impact Utilities and the Impending New Compliance

Six times in 2013, Iranian hackers took over the control system for the Bowman Avenue Dam in Rye Brook, New York. When the news broke, reporters became focused on the vulnerability of America’s infrastructure. They missed an important point. The Bowman Avenue Dam isn’t exactly declared as a critical infrastructure at the current moment. It …

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NERC CIP-010 Configuration Baseline Management—Need for Automation

The task of baselining asset configurations and managing changes on that baseline can be difficult and labor intensive, especially when multiple sites and silos of information are involved. Using spreadsheets may work temporarily, but it is not sustainable by any means; it is error-prone and may expose the facility to additional risks. Using homegrown applications …

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NERC-CIP 010 – Configuration Change Management – Two Most Difficult Things to Deal with

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) standards provide a framework to identify and protect critical infrastructure assets. NERC has emphasized CIP-010 configuration change management as one of the most important CIPs that must be addressed. NERC has provided a separate standard of practice. This practice is much more rigorous than the traditional IT configuration …

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Improve Overall Security with a NERC CIP Software Package

Yes, implementing a good NERC compliance management package helps you manage your compliance data so audits can go smoothly. However, choosing a NERC CIP compliance management software solution that integrates and helps operationalize key tasks gives you the opportunity to improve overall enterprise security. There are many key security-related processes that NERC CIP requires you …

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Electric Utilities Cannot Afford to be without a Specialized Software Tool to Manage their NERC CIP Compliance

NERC CIP compliance tracking and management is a highly process oriented and extremely data-capture intensive task, requiring the ability to manage large amounts of data and task workflows. Specialized software for management of NERC CIP compliance is essential for the continued long- term success of the CIP program.  Those utilities who choose to customize their …

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NERC CIP v6 Compliance – Three Things to Consider

As NERC CIP v6 got approved by FERC’s Order 822 earlier this year, the burden of meeting compliance requirements and ensuring the protection of BES Cyber Assets is only increasing. The Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards are designed to provide the minimum requirements that an enterprise will require to prevent faults and cyber-attacks, and ensure …

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WizNucleus and Tripwire Form Technology Alliance to Deliver Integrated Security and Compliance for NERC CIP

The integrated solution combines robust NERC CIP workflows from WizNucleus with industry-leading Cyber Asset data collection from Tripwire Read more about the integration here. New York, NY March 28th, 2016. Today, Tripwire and WizNucleus announced a technology partnership that combines real-time security operations with compliance for critical infrastructure protection. As part of the Tripwire NERC …

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A Business Case for a NERC CIP V5 Automation Product

As the April 2016 deadline for NERC CIP V5 compliance approaches, I hear “we’re too far down the road to get a product,” or “we can’t afford a product now, we’ll look later.”  At the same time I also hear “there’s no doubt that to repeat and sustain our NERC CIP compliance program, we’ll need …

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