NERC CIP Compliance
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is a nonprofit corporation designed to “ensure that the bulk electric system in North America is reliable, adequate and secure.” The Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Cyber Security Standards maintained by NERC are intended to ensure the protection of the Critical Cyber Assets that control or effect the reliability of North America’s bulk electric systems. In 2006,the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the Security and Reliability standards proposed by NERC, making the CIP Cyber Security Standards mandatory and enforceable across all users, owners and operators of the bulk-power system.
Get the facts you need to know about how the collection, management and analysis of log data are integral to meeting many NERC CIP requirements.
