Situational Awareness for Electric Utilities: NIST Publishes Cybersecurity Practice Guide SP 1800-7
August 07, 2019

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has published the final version of NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide SP 1800-7, Situational Awareness for Electric Utilities. To improve the security of information and operational technology, including industrial control systems, energy companies need mechanisms to capture, transmit, analyze and store real-time or near-real-time data from these networks and systems. With such mechanisms in place, energy providers can more readily detect and remediate anomalous conditions, investigate the chain of events that led to the anomalies, and share findings with other energy companies. Obtaining real-time and near-real-time data from networks also has the benefit of helping to demonstrate compliance with information security standards.