Foundation: Federal Order for Deficient Cybersecurity Standards Leaves Grid at Risk

In the wake of the recent cyberattack on the Ukrainian power grid and numerous cyberattacks on databases used by U.S. government and industry, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently ordered an electric grid cybersecurity standard to be set by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. However, the newly ordered NERC cybersecurity standard would exempt significant points of vulnerability, including communications between control rooms and grid substations, according to a release from the Foundation for Resilient Societies.

On Feb. 22, 2016, the Foundation for Resilient Societies filed an administrative Request for Rehearing with FERC, asking that FERC Order 822 be reconsidered. The text of Resilient Societies’ petition to FERC can be downloaded atCybersecurity Request for Rehearing. For the full article click here 

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