This whitepaper explains how Identity and Access Management provides a structured and efficient path to achieving NERC CIP compliance for energy and utility organizations responsible for protecting the Bulk Electric System. It outlines the risks of power disruptions, the severity of regulatory penalties, and the need to address identity as a core security control rather than a checkbox exercise. The paper maps IAM capabilities such as identity assessment, orchestration, IGA, PAM, CIEM, automation, monitoring, and remediation to each major CIP requirement, including asset identification, access control, personnel training, electronic security perimeters, system security management, incident response, recovery, configuration change management, and secure communications. It concludes that a m

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