[Infowarrior] - RFC: Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and Requirements

[Richard Forno]

12 October 2009

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology  
[Docket No. 0909301329-91332-01]    Draft NIST Interagency Report  
(NISTIR) 7628, Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and Requirements;  
Request for Comments AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and  
Technology (NIST), Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)  
seeks comments on draft NISTIR 7628, Smart Grid Cyber Security  
Strategy and Requirements. This initial draft of the document contains  
the overall security strategy for the Smart Grid. Contents include:  
Development of vulnerability classes, identification of well- 
understood security problems that need to be addressed, selection and  
development of security-relevant use cases, initial privacy impact  
assessment, identification and analysis of interfaces identified in  
six functional priority areas, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI)  
security requirements, and selection of a suite of security documents  
that will be used as the base for determining and tailoring security  
requirements.

This is the first draft of NISTIR 7628; NIST plans to post a  
subsequent draft of this report for additional public comments. DATES:  
Comments must be received on or before December 1, 2009.

http://cryptome.org/0001/nist100909.htm