FERC emphasizes cyber impact rating compliance in findings from annual bulk power systems audit

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's annual audit of bulk electric systems highlights the importance of properly calculating the criticality of certain cyber impacts as a part of the compliance process to meet agency standards.

“Identification and categorization are the foundation of the Reliability Standards. Failure to properly categorize BES cyber systems with the appropriate impact rating means that an entity may not apply the required controls consistent with the risk,” according to the Oct. 20 FERC report.

The report...