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Burns & McDonnell Tapped by Iberdrola USA to Enhance Critical Infrastructure Protection Compliance Program
Burns & McDonnell has been awarded a contract by Iberdrola USA to conduct a six-month on-site facility review of critical electrical transmission and distribution infrastructure. The review will include an update of existing policies and procedures for critical infrastructure protection (CIP) in compliance with North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) requirements. Burns & ...
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FERC Requires Expanded Cyber Security Incident Reporting
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today (7/19) directed the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) to develop, within six-months of the effective date of this final rule, modifications to the Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards to improve mandatory reporting of cyber security incidents, including attempts that might facilitate subsequent efforts to ...
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FERC Proposes New Security Management Controls for Grid Cyber Systems
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) proposed new cyber security management controls to further enhance the reliability and resilience of the nation's bulk electric system. These include mandatory controls to address the risks posed by malware from transient electronic devices like laptop computers, thumb drives and other devices used at low-impact bulk electric system cyber systems. ...
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FERC Staff Report Identifies Lessons Learned From CIP Reliability Audits
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) staff issued a report offering recommendations to help users, owners, and operators of the bulk-power system assess their risk, compliance and overall cyber security. The findings in the report are based on lessons learned from several non-public audits of registered entities. These lessons learned can help facilitate compliance with mandatory ...
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New York City Interim Flood Protection Measures Program
In 2016, New York City began the Interim Flood Protection Measures program, which protects critical facilities, infrastructure and low-lying areas in the city from flooding caused my major coastal storms and ...
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FERC Proposes to Require Expanded Cyber Security Incident Reporting
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently (12/21) proposed development of a revised Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standard to improve mandatory reporting of cyber security incidents, including incidents that might facilitate future attempts to harm reliable operation of the nation's bulk electric system. A revised standard would enhance awareness of existing ...
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FERC Staff Report Offers Lessons Learned from CIP Reliability Audits
FERC staff this week offered recommendations to help users, owners and operators of the bulk-power system improve their compliance with the mandatory Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) reliability standards and their overall cybersecurity posture. The annual report comprises lessons learned from the non-public CIP audits of registered entities and includes findings that most of the ...
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Registration now open for AWWA`s inaugural Water Infrastructure Conference & Exposition
The American Water Works Association has announced that registration is now open for its first Water Infrastructure Conference & Exposition to take place in Atlanta Oct. 26 - 29, 2014. The conference and exposition will focus on water and wastewater infrastructure rehabilitation or replacement needs. It will also concentrate on factors that contribute to increasing demands on water and ...
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Eaton Collaborates with CyberArk on Automated Critical Grid Cybersecurity Solution
Intelligent power management company Eaton recently announced a cybersecurity collaboration with identity security firm CyberArk to enhance protection of utility transmission and distribution devices and networks. The collaboration leverages Eaton’s grid automation expertise and approach to cybersecurity with CyberArk’s Identity Security solutions to help utilities simplify a critical element of ...
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Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems
On the second day, March 24th, of the Sustainable Energy & Technology Asia 2016 conference and exhibition, or SETA 2016, Dr. Carol Hawk, Cyber Security for Energy Delivery Systems Program Manager, the U.S. Department of Energy, has presented the importance of cybersecurity. Dr. Hawk emphasized the collaboration among the relevant parties including the government, industry participants, ...
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Call for Papers deadline approaching for AWWA`s new Water Infrastructure Conference & Exposition
The American Water Works Association is seeking abstracts for the latest Water Infrastructure Conference & Exposition taking place in Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 26 - 29, 2014. Individuals interested in presenting must submit abstracts by 4 p.m. MST on Jan. 17, 2014 for consideration. This new conference will address leading-edge water infrastructure challenges and provide water professionals with ...
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The Clean Water and Wastewater Fund (CWWF) is a federal program designed to support the rehabilitation and modernization of drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure. Through the CWWF, $569.5 million is being provided through federal infrastructure funding. The Province of Ontario is cost-matching contributions up to a maximum of 25% of total eligible costs. For 20 years, Pure ...
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IONICON is a proud partner of the SPIRIT project
Safety and Protection of built Infrastructure to Resist Integral Threats Terrorist attacks by bombing or CBR (Chemical, Biological and Radiological) are threats with a low likelihood but with extremely high impact. There is strong need to protect critical infrastructures and utilities (malls, governmental buildings and embassies), train and subway stations against being damaged, destroyed or ...
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ABB to provide network management solution for National Grid in US
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, will implement its Network ManagerTM SCADA/EMS (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition/Energy Management System) solution in the U.S. for National Grid, a leading energy utility. National Grid will deploy the technology in its up-state New York and New England electric operations control centers to manage the transmission and distribution ...
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Schneider Electric Partners with Nozomi Networks to Secure and Protect Critical Infrastructure
Schneider Electric has signed a global partnership agreement with Nozomi Networks, a leader in industrial cybersecurity and operational visibility. Under the terms of the agreement, Schneider Electric will collaborate with Nozomi to provide customers in the industrial manufacturing and critical infrastructure segments advanced anomaly detection, vulnerability assessment and other cybersecurity ...
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Statement from CISA Director on the Passage of Cyber Incident Reporting Legislation
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly released the following statement on March 11: “As the nation’s cyber defense agency, CISA applauds the passage of cyber incident reporting legislation. Thanks to the support of our many partners in Congress, CISA will have the data and visibility we need to help better protect critical infrastructure and businesses ...
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NRDC Statement: A Year After Sandy, We Must Strengthen Our Communities
As our nation marks the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy tomorrow, we must better prepare our communities for future storms, and reduce the climate change pollution that is turbocharging our weather. A September report released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found that the odds of a Sandy-like disaster happening again in New York City have increased by 50 percent. ...
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Summary of Recent North American Energy Ministerial
North America is a region blessed with vast and diverse resources and technologies. Access to increasingly clean, secure, affordable sources of energy is vital to the people of North America. United States Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jim Carr, and Mexico's Energy Secretary, Pedro Joaquin Coldwell, held a trilateral meeting recently ...
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Fortress Information Security Makes Asset to Vendor (A2V) Library Free to All Utilities
Fortress Information Security announced this week that it will make the Asset to Vendor (A2V) Library free to all utility companies. The central library contains information that enables asset owners and suppliers to minimize the time and cost to process and assess the impact of cyber threats. Fortress worked with more than 2,000 vendors to complete the North American Transmission Forum (NATF) ...
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Artera Services Selects Deepwatch MDR to Advance Security Ops and Protect Critical Infrastructure
Deepwatch, a leader in advanced managed detection and response (MDR) security, this week announced Artera Services has selected Deepwatch’s MDR solution to secure its operations. Artera is a leading provider of integrated essential and critical infrastructure services, delivering maintenance and construction services to energy utilities, infrastructure companies, municipalities and cooperatives ...
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