Electricity sector trade group urges NIST to preserve foundations of cyber framework, add in discrete areas

The Edison Electric Institute is joining other major industry groups in urging NIST to maintain the fundamentals of the cybersecurity framework in a “CSF 2.0” update, while also further addressing issues like coordination with vendors and software security.

“EEI members are supportive of NIST updating the CSF to incorporate changes to the cybersecurity landscape as long as the foundational structure of the CSF remains intact,” the trade association for investor-owned power companies said in comments to the National Institute...