Most Utilities I talk to kept April 1, 2016 as their internal NERC CIP V5 deadline even though they received a reprieve to July. Congratulations are in order for most as internal compliance dates were achieved. What I’m hearing is that they were able to cobble together their cyber assets and attributes in various ways …
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 …
Nuclear plants have thousands of Critical Digital Assets (CDAs), but not all are operational safety-related assets. Nuclear Energy Institute’s NEI 13-10 is an effort to reduce the workload associated with Cyber Security Assessment. NEI 13-10 is a guidance document that allows Licensees to group CDAs as Direct, EP or Indirect based on the importance of …
NEI 13-10 Revision 4 and the CDA Assessment Challenge Read More »
New Features to Support NEI 13-10 Revision 4 Deliver Major Out-of-the-Box Efficiencies, Cost-Savings, and Program Sustainability. NEW YORK, NY–February 16, 2016 – Today, WizNucleus announced a new release of Cyberwiz-Pro (CWP) that supports the latest revision of Nuclear Energy Institute, NEI 13-10, delivering major efficiencies during the Milestone Cyber Asset Assessment process. The NEI guidance …
Cyberwiz-Pro (CWP) From WizNucleus Delivers Cyber Asset Configuration Baseline, Change Management, Log and Patch Management in a Single Solution NEW YORK, NY–January 19, 2016 – Today, AzGT and WizNucleus announced that AzGT has successfully implemented WizNucleus’ CWP to automate many aspects of AzGT’s NERC CIP v5 program. Using CWP, AzGT was able to create a …
Arizona’s G&T Cooperatives Choose WizNucleus to Fast-Track NERC CIP v5 Program Read More »
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 …
A Business Case for a NERC CIP V5 Automation Product Read More »
Companies that fall under the NERC CIP V5 scope are starting to realize that using spreadsheets or SharePoint just aren’t enough when it comes to having a sustainable and repeatable compliance program. In addition, many companies are realizing that a generic GRC tool requires a lot of work to just configure the tool for CIP …
Top 10 things to look for in a CIP V5 product solution Read More »
Earlier this week, I was invited to speak at the C3 US-Arab Business Summit in New York City regarding the importance of cyber security in the smart digital cities in the US and other regions. The Keynote speaker, General Wesley Clark, the former NATO Commander, who led the Bosnia war under President Clinton, made some …
Compliance standards and programs such as NERC CIP V5 are created to improve the overall security of critical infrastructure. However, much of the time, companies do as little as possible and seem to scramble to create the compliance program at the last possible moment. To get the most out of compliance efforts and to improve …
“Doing” Compliance Versus Being Secure – Integrate security & compliance activities Read More »
Already on NEI 13-10 Revision 4? Read about that here. The target date for submittal to the NRC for endorsement for NEI 13-10 Rev. 3 is September 30th. The expected roll out to the industry is in November followed by implantation workshops in Q1 of 2016. Some of the biggest challenges that come with waiting for …
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