Security Guidelines Working Group Update

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Security Guidelines Working Group Update
CIPC Confidentiality Public Release

• CIPC Meeting
• Phoenix, AZ
• Mar 16, 2006
• Seiki Harada
• SGWG Chair

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Discussion Items

• SGWG Roster
• Change to the Guideline Preamble
• 2006 Prioritization of the Guideline Updates
• Regular Review Cycle for All Security Guidelines
• Content Review of Guidelines by SGWG
• Guideline Directions

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SGWG Roster

• As of March 10, 2006, the SGWG comprises
• Scott McCoy (Physical)
• Scott Webber (Physical)
• Bruce Metruck (Physical)
• Mike Paszynsky (Physical)
• Larry Bugh (Cyber)
• Joe Doetzl (Cyber)
• David Baumken (Cyber)
• Roger Lampila (Operations)
• Tom Kropp (Research Institutions)
• Ken Hall (Research Institutions)

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Changes to the Preamble
A suggestion was made by a NERC legal staff to
adopt the following This
document addresses potential risks that can apply
to some electricity sector organizations and
provides practices that can help mitigate the
risks.  Each organization decides for itself the
risks it can accept and the practices it deems
appropriate to manage its risks.
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Prioritization of Guideline Updates

• Of the 18 Security Guidelines, 14 were assessed
  as needing updates.
• The remainder, 4, are recent ones and deemed
  acceptable.
• It is not reasonable to expect various working
  groups to re-draft all 14 of them and put through
  CIPC approvals in one year (9 months now!).
• SGWG recommends 7 updates this year and 7 next
  year
• (refer to the SGWG Reference Document No.1)

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Criteria for Prioritization

• Synchronization with, or in support of, the
  permanent cyber security guidelines
• Importance/relevance of the subject matter today
• How 'off' or 'dated' the content is
• Subsumed by any new guidelines ( e.g.,
  elimination candidates)?

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Prioritization of Guideline Updates
Recommended Updates for 2006
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Prioritization of Guideline Updates
Recommended Updates for 2007
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Guideline Updates Further Recommendations

• The CIPC Executive Committee assign an owning
  working group for each security guideline.
• The owning working group will accommodate
  identified updates in their 2006/2007 work
  schedule.
• NERC CIPC support staff will follow up with
  respective working group re the timing of
  completion and CIPC reviews

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Regular Guideline Reviews

• Today, there is no fixed schedule for reviewing
  existing guidelines.
• The Cyber Security Standard (CIP 003) asks for an
  annual review of policies.
• SGWG Recommendation
• Complete the identified updates for 2006 and 2007
• After that, schedule reviews of the guidelines
  every two years or when there is a watershed
  event in the subject area. These bi-annual
  reviews may not necessarily result in updates.

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Content Review of Security Guidelines

• Background
• Comments were made that SGWG should stay away
  from reviewing guideline contents.
• The SGWG Terms of Reference states, in part
• review existing CIPC guidelines, and other
  electric and non-electric industry reference
  material, for currency and relevance.

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Content Review of Security Guidelines

• What the SGWG guideline reviews entail today
• Consistency and compatibility with security
  standards and other security guidelines
• Consistency of parts within a specific guideline
• Currency and relevance to the current
  threats/industry practices (e.g., against IEEE,
  ISO, NIST, ANSI, CSA, etc)

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Content Review of Security Guidelines

• Recommendation
• SGWG will review content only in the sense of
  the above consistency checks not in value
  judgement.
• SGWG will provide timely comments to the Owning
  working group.
• The owning working group will consider the
  comments provided. They are not obliged to
  accommodate all comments.

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Guideline Directions

• Most new guidelines come from Working Groups or
  Task forces/Teams.
• SGWG may from time identify the area where a new
  security guideline is appropriate.
• The CIPC will have the final say in the
  generation of a new (or the elimination of an
  existing) security guidelines.

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Thank you!

• Thank you for working with me for the past two
  years. It has been a challenge and pleasure at
  the same time.
• Please support Scott McCoy in the coming years!