Acronyms
It's All in the Timing
'E'
Potpourri
Terminology
100
TFE
What is Technical Feasibility Exception?
100
The time allowed before unescorted physical access must be revoked for terminations in CIP version 5. Or how long Jack Bauer has to stop the bad guys.
What is 24 hours?
100
The 'E' in WECC.
What is 'Electricity'?
100
The two new standards.
What are CIP-010 and CIP-011?
100
Laptops, Removable Media, USBs, CDs etc.
What are Transient Devices?
200
BES
What is Bulk Electric System?
200
Annual activities in version 3 now allow up to this range.
What is 15 months?
200
The 'E' in FERC
What is 'Energy'?
200
The version of CIP that was retired before it went into effect.
What is CIP version 4?
200
The standard being developed for the Physical Security of substations.
What is CIP-014?
300
RBAM
What is Risk Based Assessment Methodology?
300
The effective date of version 5 for High and Low Impact BES Cyber Systems.
What is April 1, 2016
300
The 'E' in ESP
What is 'Electronic'?
300
He wrote CIP?
Who is Bill Winters?
300
Letting someone follow you through an entry without badging? Or a fun event done at ball games.
What is tailgating?
400
WTF - not the naughty one!!!!!
What is 'Where Technically Feasible'?
400
The difference, in number of days, between version 3 and version 5 to perform patch assessments once a patch becomes available.
What is 5?
400
The 'E' in RE. Either Regional or Registered.
What is 'Entity'?
400
The three new Brightline Levels in version 5.
What are High, Medium and Low Impact?
400
Requirements around this include: it's length, types of characters used and how often it must be changed.
What is Password Complexity?
500
RAI
What is Reliability Assurance Initiative?
500
The amount of time allowed to determine the impact to the operation of the BES. Used for assessing BES Cyber Systems in CIP-002-5.1.
What is 15 minutes?
500
The 'E' in NERC.
What is 'Electric'?
500
Applications intentionally added to a system are considered this.
What is installed software?
500
A disruption or attempt to disrupt the operation of a Critical Cyber Asset.
What is a Cyber Security Incident?
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