How Symark PowerPassword and PowerBroker Meet the Security Requirements Specified in NERCs CIP Standards 002-1 through 009-1

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How Symark PowerPassword UME and PowerBroker Meet the Security Requirements Specified in NERCs CIP Standards 002-1 through 009-1

The North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) recently adopted new standards to reduce risks to the reliability of the bulk electric systems from any compromise of critical cyber assets (computers, software and communication networks) that support those systems. These new standards, CIP-002-1 through CIP-009-1, were approved for adoption by the NERC Board of Trustees on May 2, 2006.

This document lays out the requirements of the new NERC CIP standards that have the greatest impact on electric utilities, and shows how Symark PowerPassword UME and PowerBroker can be used to meet them and to document compliance with them. The report NERC 1200 and CIP-002 through CIP-009 Comparison (prepared by Nick Lauriat and Adam Lipson of Network & Security Technologies for ISO New England, and updated January 30, 2006) was consulted to ensure focus on the Symark product features of greatest value in meeting the new compliance requirements.

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