Morning Panel 02 | 2023 Annual Reliability Technical Conference | FERC

Morning Panel 2: CIP Reliability Standards and the Evolving Grid (Commission Led)
Cybersecurity vulnerabilities and threats continue to evolve at a pace that tests utility cybersecurity programs. These quickly evolving threats present a challenge when assessing whether security controls, including the CIP Reliability Standards, adequately respond to the latest cyber risks. Most utilities and other electric sector stakeholders with mature cybersecurity programs implement an overarching cybersecurity program to oversee all aspects of their cybersecurity activities, including identification of the assets to be protected, staffing, technology selection and procurement, and compliance with the CIP Reliability Standards. However, ongoing and anticipated changes to the interconnected electric grid, such as the shift in the types of energy sources used to generate electricity may disrupt cyber programs. Utilities are digitizing their grids while managing an increasing number of grid-connected devices. As a consequence, utilities require more advanced tools to process and analyze large amounts of data for grid planning, operations, and security. These changes are also leaving uncertainty as to where these digital assets will fit into the cybersecurity regulatory framework and what tools can be used to effectively manage them or even what the future may bring as cyberattacks continue to grow in sophistication. This panel will discuss how the evolving grid affects cybersecurity, the CIP Reliability Standards and compliance, as well as best practices; the challenges of implementing appropriate oversight; and ways in which industry can address these challenges to improve its response to evolving vulnerabilities and threats to reduce the risk to the Bulk-Power System.
PANELISTS:
- Scott Aaronson, Vice President of Security and Preparedness, Edison Electric Institute
- Jason Blake, President & CEO, SERC
- Manny Cancel, Senior Vice President & CEO, Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center
- Joseph Mosher, Portfolio Manager, EDF Renewables
- Rudolf Pawul, Vice President of Information & Cyber Security Services, ISO New England
- Maggy Powell, Security Assurance for Power & Utility Sector, Amazon Web Services
- Jonathan Tubb, Director of Industrial Cyber Security for North America, Siemens Energy
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