Summary

TB 840 “Electric Power Utilities’ Cybersecurity for Contingency Operations” is summarized in this webinar to describe the research findings for restoration of cybersecurity protection after a wide-spread disaster. Aligned with the Smart Grid of the Future, multiple solutions are proposed to improve cooperation between all electric power utilities and supporting organizations such as government agencies, law enforcement, and contractors involved in a wide-spread disaster recovery and reconstitution activity. Most important is the need for well-defined agreements between utilities to establish the chain of command needed to recognize legitimate new players with access and use control privileges to join and leave the disaster response teams.  In this webinar we describe situations and use cases that require security over-rides to gain access to use of protection, automation, and control system assets. To support the proposed solutions we use three high-level metrics to measure the effectiveness of the proposed solution: deployment rate, response rate, and degree of complexity.

Additional informations

Publication type Webinars
Reference WBN038
Publication year
Publisher CIGRE
Study committees
  • Information Systems, Telecommunications and Cybersecurity (D2)
Working groups WG D2.50
File size 1 MB
Pages number 18
Price for non member 50 €
Price for member Free

Video

Electric Power Utilities' Cybersecurity for Contingency Operations“ - An Overview
Electric Power Utilities' Cybersecurity for Contingency Operations“ - An Overview