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der statutory regulation, review, and audit via
the CIP standards and then tell NERC how
well they are doing at identifying and protecting
those assets. This effort by NERC
has some beneficial effects in providing a
forum for utility communication concerning
AURORA efforts. However, it is still each
utility's responsibility to develop an effective
cybersecurity plan and robust company
program to guard against cyber intrusion, including
an AURORA event.
Treating a new cyber threat through standard
alerts and voluntary measures only
brings further scrutiny to a complex and
highly regulated regime of compliance. It has
only served to drive those at risk to a regulatory,
rather than a physical response. The
self-incriminating feature promoted by the
NERC alerts, and lack of AURORA mitigation
plans, let alone a comprehensive cyber
response effort, has left our critical infrastructures
at risk.
It is important to remember that the primary
motivation of a utility concerning cybersecurity
should be a utility's desire to have a
secure and reliable grid. Though it is important
that NERC act as a monitoring agency for
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
NERC guidance and requirements should not
be the motivating factor for a utility in developing
a cybersecurity response plan.
As noted, there is no requirement to implement
the recommendation for hardware
mitigation. Consequently, the dollar impact
to the utility can be staggering. Additionally,
utility customers' appetite for risk to their
facilities needs to be considered. Are they
willing to trust their utility, which has chosen
not to install the mitigation and gamble that
things will be OK or...?
Current Industry Response to
AURORA: Mostly Silence
To date, only two utilities are implementing
an AURORA hardware mitigation program.
These programs are designed to demonstrate
to industry that AURORA mitigation will not
negatively impact the reliability of the electric
grid, as has been postulated by one utility's
study. It is the authors' hope that other
utilities will see the wisdom of addressing
this potentially significant vulnerability. ■
-Michael Swearingen is manager,
regulatory policy for Tri-County Electric
Cooperative. Steven Brunasso is technology
operations manager for a municipal
electric utility. Joe Weiss is managing
partner of Applied Control Solutions.
Dennis Huber is with Booz Allen Hamilton.
Michael and Steven are from the utilities
participating in the AURORA hardware
mitigation studies. Joe and Dennis are
supporting the utility efforts.
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