From: FCW
By Mark Rockwell
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has ordered the group that ensures the safety and reliability of North American power grids to tighten up rules for power companies’ cybersecurity incident reporting.
Under FERC’s final rule issued on July 19, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) will require reporting of cyber-intrusions that bump up against electrical providers’ perimeter cyber defenses or associated Electronic Access Control or Monitoring Systems, but don’t actually get into providers’ primary systems.
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