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Applying NERC-CIP CAN-0024

Under the direction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is charged with enforcing reliability standards for the Bulk Electric System (BES) in North America. Reliability standards for the BES are created under NERC’s supervision by an industry-driven process. more

Recorded Webinar: Strong Cyber Perimeter Protections with Unidirectional Communications

Unidirectional Gateways transmit business-critical information out of operations networks without introducing any risk to the availability, integrity or safety of control system assets inside those networks. The technology often raises questions, though, when first encountered by security practitioners accustomed to firewalls -- questions of data integrity, remote more

Recorded Webinar: Strong Cybersecurity: Power Plant Case Study

Unidirectional Security Gateways allow data to flow out of protected control networks, but prevent any information or network attacks from flowing back into those networks. While this protects control networks absolutely from external network attacks, it begs questions - What had to change at the plant to make this work? How did plant personnel react, more

A Realistic Approach for Connecting SCADA/DCS Networks

SCADA/DCS networks monitor and control the most valuable assets nationwide and usually refer to operational networks. On the other hand, most of the users are connected through an administrative network which is less sensitive and thus less secure than the operational network. The demand for connecting the networks is required for more

Waterfall™ for NERC-CIP Compliance

Using Waterfall's Unidirectional Security Solution to Achieve True Security & NERC-CIP Compliance Critical National Infrastructure is under a constant, yet invisible, threat from cyber hacking and cyber terror attempts that are being launched from external networks. These attacks (mainly - from the Internet) are targeting industrial Process Control more