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Three Newly Approved CIP Reliability Standards for Cybersecurity Will Be Costly

October 25, 2018 admin Business, cip standards, connected plant, costs, Cybersecurity, ferc, iiot, iiot cyber, nerc, news, reliability, supply chain, supply chains, Technology, vendors

Entities with industrial control systems (ICS) associated with bulk electric system (BES) operations must develop and implement plans that include security controls for supply chain management, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ordered in a final rule that formally adopts three new critical infrastructure protection (CIP) reliability standards. FERC on October 18 issued Order No. […]

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BlackEnergy, Grid-Disrupting Malware, Has a Successor, Researchers Warn

October 19, 2018 admin blackenergy, connected plant, Cybersecurity, cyberx, iiot cyber, in-depth, Instrumentation & Controls, International, malware, news, notpetya, nozomi, Research and Development, Technology, telebots, tor, Ukraine

BlackEnergy, the malware used in a cyberattack that prompted a large-scale blackout in Ukraine in December 2015, has a successor—GreyEnergy. A group is using the malware to target industrial networks outside Ukraine, researchers from Slovakian cybersecurity firm ESET warn. The researchers said in an October 17–released white paper that analysis of the previously undocumented GreyEnergy […]

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Digital Tools Help Increase Output, Reduce Costs at Palo Verde

September 2, 2018 admin Arizona, asset performance management, connected plant, digital tools, Instrumentation & Controls, maintenance, news, Nuclear, O&M, palo verde, software, Technology, uptake

Palo Verde is the largest nuclear-generating site in the U.S. It has three of the five largest nuclear units in the country, with each pressurized water reactor licensed at almost 4,000 MWth. Like many plants

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A Reimagined Power Future Enabled by Digital Technologies

September 2, 2018 admin additive manufacturing, battery storage, Business, connected plant, data security, diagnostics, digital optimization, digital power, digital technologies, distributed energy, Energy Storage, iiot, iiot power, innovation, Instrumentation & Controls, monitoring, news, O&M, Plant Design, Technology

The power industry is changing and leading companies are turning to digital technologies to revolutionize their operations. Monitoring and diagnostics centers are leveraging vast amounts of data from around

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New Cyber Threat Actor Targeting Power Sector Identified

August 2, 2018 admin connected plant, Cybersecurity, Dragos, general, iiot cyber, iiot power, leafminer, news, raspite, symantec, threat actors, Ukraine, xenotime

Cybersecurity experts have identified a new activity group that they say is targeting access operations at electric utilities in the U.S., Europe, Middle East, and East Asia. Cybersecurity firm Dragos Inc. told POWER on August 1 that though it has confirmed that the group—which it dubbed “RASPITE”—is actively targeting electric utilities, “there is no current indication […]

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Equipment Showcase: Mobile Technologies

August 1, 2018 admin advantech-dlog, android applications, apr energy, Business, connected plant, e instruments, emissions analyzer, Gas, iiot, iiot power, industrial automation tools, industrial tablet, International, ios applications, mindgrub, mobile power, news, opto 22, press releases, Technology

Mobile technologies have numerous applications in commercial power plants and for the power generation industry. Mobile devices help provide communications and data transfer within facilities, along with

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DHS Warns that Russians Hacked Control Rooms

July 24, 2018 admin connected plant, Cybersecurity, DHS, dragonfly, FBI, ICS-CERT, iiot, iiot power, Legal & Regulatory, nccic

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials in a July 24 webinar said that Russian hackers infiltrated a power plant industrial control system (ICS) in an incident that could have caused a blackout last year. However, as an industrial cybersecurity expert pointed out—and a DHS spokesperson confirmed—the impact of the incident may be overstated. The expert and DHS responded to a […]

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DHS Reportedly Warns that Russians Hacked Control Rooms

July 24, 2018 admin connected plant, Cybersecurity, DHS, dragonfly, FBI, ICS-CERT, iiot, iiot power, Legal & Regulatory, nccic

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials have again reportedly said that Russian hackers could have infiltrated power plant control rooms and caused blackouts last year. The continuing cyber threat campaign may be spearheaded by a state-sponsored group known as Dragonfly or Energetic Bear, the Wall Street Journal reported on July 23. The attacks claimed “hundreds of […]

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Bill Codifying Federal Role in ICS Cybersecurity Clears House

June 27, 2018 admin connected plant, Cybersecurity, ICS, iiot, iiot aerospace, iiot chemical, iiot cyber, iiot healthcare, iiot oil & gas, iiot power, iiot transportation, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news

A bill codifying the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) role in addressing industrial control systems (ICS) cybersecurity has cleared the U.S. House of Representatives. While H.R. 5733, “DHS Industrial Control Systems Capabilities Enhancement Act,” contains no mandates for the private sector, it directs the DHS’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) to develop and maintain […]

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Bill Codifying Federal Role in ICS Cybersecurity Clears House

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