Case Study
Coal Power Facility Meets Nerc CIP Version 5 Cybersecurity Regulations
CYBERSECURITY CHALLENGE As a US-based fossil power facility, the plant is subject to North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) version 5 cybersecurity guidelines. To achieve compliance, the company had to disconnect critical operational technology (OT) networks from outside access. However, it also needed to retain access to OSIsoft PI System historian data and OPC client/server data by