Governance, Policies, and Planning #

Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan Development #

• Presenters
  • Michael Martin, Control Systems Engineer, Chelan County PUD
  • Tony Assan, Head of IT, GRIDCo (Ghana)
• Webinar & Summary
  • An incident response plan (IRP) is an essential tool for utilities to prepare for an event and can help drive the utility’s overall cybersecurity activities. This webinar discussed how utilities should incorporate supply chain cybersecurity considerations into an IRP.

Governance, Policies, and Procedures for Third-Party Cybersecurity Risk Management #

• Presenters
  • Terri Khalil, Senior Consultant, Ampyx Cyber (formerly Ampere Industrial Security)
  • Roland Miller III, Ambassador for Cyber Florida, The Florida Center for Cybersecurity
• Webinar & Summary
  • This webinar focused on developing and maintaining organizational cybersecurity governance and the best practices on policies and procedures to address supply chain risk management.

Managing Cybersecurity Risks in a Rapidly Expanding Electric Grid #

• Presenters
  • Anuj Sanghvi, Researcher III-Cyber Security & Resilience, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
  • Ginger Wright, Cyber-Informed Engineering Program Manager, Idaho National Laboratory (INL)
• Webinar & Summary
  • As utilities rapidly expand electric grids and prepare for transitions from centralized to distributed grids and create new interconnections, consideration of cybersecurity requirements is paramount. This webinar discussed Cyber Informed Engineering (CIE) and the Distributed Energy Resources Cybersecurity Framework (DERCF) as tools to make this transition securely.