Electricity Today T&D Magazine

Recent physical attacks on substations have heightened the industry’s awareness of the necessity for physical security of critical facilities on the bulk power system. The goal of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) reliability standards is to identify and protect the physical security and cybersecurity of critical electricity infrastructure of North America.

With the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) providing conditional approval of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s...