[SCADASEC] Fw: [SCADA] US House Hearings on cyber security of the grid

[Bob Radvanovsky]

Cross posting from SCADA Perspectives...


Bob Radvanovsky, CIFI, CISM, REM, CIPS
Infracritical, Inc. - "Your Infrastructure, Their Future"
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----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Weiss [mailto:joe.weiss at realtimeacs.com]
To: scada at scadaperspective.com
Subject: [SCADA] US House Hearings on cyber security of the grid


> 
> There will be a hearing May 21, 2:00 PM, 311 Cannon Building in
> Washington DC on "Implications of Cyber Vulnerabilities on the
> Resiliency and Security of the Electric Grid". 
> Expected witnesses:
> o	Joseph Kelliher, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
> (FERC)
> o	Richard Sergel, Chief Executive Officer, North American Electric
> Reliability Corporation (NERC)
> o	Greg Wilshusen, Director, Information Security Issues,
> Government Accountability Office (GAO)
> o	Bill McCollum, Chief Operating Officer, Tennessee Valley
> Authority (TVA)
> 
> I suspect there will be an update from FERC about the status of the
> mitigation measures for the Aurora vulnerability.  If anybody has
> attended any conferences lately, it sounds like there was a broad range
> of compliance with the recommended mitigation measures.
> 
> The Committee asked FERC several months ago whether it needed any
> additional authority under the Federal Power Act... does Chairman
> Kelliher's participation suggest that something big is coming?
> 
> Will the Committee follow up with NERC on their efforts to conduct a
> survey?  
> 
> I hope there will be a discussion of the difference between NIST and
> NERC CIPs - with a TVA witness, it sounds like we could hear something
> on that.
> Joe Weiss
> 
> Joe Weiss PE, CISM
> Applied Control Solutions, LLC
> Cupertino, CA
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> joe.weiss at realtimeacs.com
>  
> 
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