NERC Board Approves Revised Cyber Security Standards

Courtesy from SANS Newsletter Vol. 11 Num 36

The board of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has approved changes to cyber security standards for the North American power system.  The revised standards address training, cyber threat identification, and recovery of the power grid from cyber attacks.  NERC requires compliance with the standards from "all bulk power system owners, operators, and users."  Entities will be audited for compliance starting on July 1, 2009.  Failure to comply can result in fines of up to US $1 million a day in the US.
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