With an ever-increasing number of adversaries in cyberspace targeting the North American grid, speakers at a Texas Reliability Entity webinar emphasized that rigorous planning and testing are essential to maintaining reliability.

FERC's latest Critical Infrastructure Protection audits produced only four recommendations, the fewest of any year since the program's inception in 2016.

NERC’s Standards Committee declined to advance a project to modify cybersecurity reporting requirements, seeking a fuller response to criticism of the proposal.

While none of the incidents affected reliability, evidence of attackers’ efforts to sabotage the grid “highlights the continued need for vigilance,” NERC said.

ERCOT is working with officials to investigate a cybersecurity incident that resulted in the ISO sending a wire transfers to a fraudulent bank account.

Presenters at SERC Reliability’s Spring Compliance Seminar stressed the importance of internal controls in preventing violations of reliability standards.

ERCOT is seeking more time to hash out the details around an NPRR that would establish notification responsibilities during cybersecurity incidents.

FERC expanded NERC’s cyber incident reporting requirements, closing what it said was a gap in the CIP reliability standards.

The NERC Board of Trustees approved a supply chain report and a new standard on third-party transient electronic devices while eliminating 84 requirements.

The NERC Board of Trustees authorized management to terminate the agreement between the organization and the Florida Reliability Coordinating Council.