1. CIPC Relationships & Roles
Electricity Sector - Critical Infrastructure Protection
Risk Assessments
Threats
Early Warning
Operational Response
13 ISACs
Sector Coordinators & ISAC Council
US:
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Department of Energy (DOE)
Canada:
Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Federal, Provincial and State Governments
CIP Committee *
Executive Committee
ES-ISAC Subcommittee
Security Planning Subcommittee
Working Groups & Task Forces
NERC Leadership
Technical Steering Ctee
Other NERC Standing Ctees
OC, PC, MC, etc
Electricity Industry Associations:
North American Electric
Reliability Council
Edison Electric Institute
American Public Power Assoc.
National Rural Electric Co-op Assoc.
Canadian Electricity Association
ELECTRICITY SECTOR ENTITIES
Utilities, Transmitters, Generators, Distributors, Independent System/Market Operators
OPERATIONS
PHYSICAL AND CYBER SECURITY
EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION
ELECTRIC
POWER
INFORMATION
PHYSICAL
PUBLIC HEALTH &
SYSTEM
TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE
SAFETY
OPERATION
CIP Committee Roles *
Executive Committee:
Identify strategic objectives and priorities
Respond to requests from NERC leadership, governments and industry associations
Identify needs to Working Groups/Task Forces
Seek active contribution of CIPC members.
Schedule and lead CIPC meetings
Support NERC President as Sector Coordinator
Subcommittee Working Groups & Task Forces:
Define scope, deliverables, milestones and resource requirements
Provide periodic status of milestones, deliverables to Executive Committee
Conduct Working Group/Task Force meetings.
Assign tasks to Committee members
NERC Staff:
Arrange meeting facilities such as physical space or conference calls
Provide administrative support
Act as primary contact with governments, decide responses with Executive Committee
Operate the ES-ISAC

2. CIPC Work Flow - Security Guidelines
CIPC Members
Executive Committee
Working Group/Task Force
Standards & Guidelines WG
NERC Staff
Identify need
Prioritize & assign to Working Group/Task Force
Within days
Prepare scope and identify resources
1 week
Within days
Approve scope & resources
Review scope
As versions developed
Facilitate meetings
& conference calls
Prepare “content draft”
Review “content draft”
Scope-dependent
Coordinate review of other
NERC Committees as appropriate
Submit “content draft” for CIPC approval
2 weeks
CIPC approval of “content draft”
Forward “content draft” to Standards & Guidelines WG for:
consistency with existing Standards & Guidelines
final format
1 week
1 week
Prepare “final draft”
CIPC review and approval
to forward to NERC Board
2 weeks
2 weeks
Post “final document”
for public review
Prepare “final document”