Keeping the Lights On

View As Web Page Cybersecurity Insights a NIST Blog Keeping the Lights On The only thing worse than a pandemic would be a pandemic without power. If the lights dim due to a disruption in power generation or distribution, our productivity and quality of life do, too. In today's cyber environment, diverse and highly skilled adversaries including nation-states, transnational groups, and criminal gangs, are seeking to subvert our critical systems such as the power grid. The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently issued an alert recommending that all asset owners and operators of critical infrastructure take immediate steps to reduce exposure across their operational technologies and control systems. The alert warns that our most critical infrastructures (e.g., the energy, communications and manufacturing sectors) are vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks. NIST has resources that can help our critical infrastructure sectors as they implement the recommendations from NSA and DHS. NIST provides Industrial Control Systems (ICS) security guidance and state-of-the-practice security controls to help organizations implement many of these recommendations along with practical example solutions. Read More

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