Critical Infrastructure Protection | Ideal Utility Services

Attacks on substations have been happening more and more over the last couple years which was why the change had to happen. That change came in the way of the CIP-014-1 standard, which is a standard that requires transmission owners on the Bulk Power Systems (BPS) to perform risk assessments on their critical transmission stations, substations and primary control centers. While there have been multiple forms of attacks on these stations, the most common has been from sniper attacks which is why standards had to be put into place. That is why the utility security needs to be more than just a concrete wall or chain link fence. Enter, Ideal Utility Service's ballistic barriers. To keep ballistic attacks from penetrating the barriers and reaching or damaging the critical assets, Ideal's…

For anyone working in the utility service and security industry, government mandates towards the industry are always something to keep a close eye on. While most mandates have to do with security or safety and the latest standard that was passed in late January of 2015 is no different. CIP-014 (or Critical Infrastructure Protection) is a physical security standard to identify and protect Transmission stations, substations, and their primary control centers. But why did lawmakers have to step in? CIP-014-1 was necessary after several attacks have taken place over the last couple years on Transmission facilities and power grids. That includes a sniper attack on an Oklahoma substation which caused $1 million in damages as well as an attack on an Arkansas electric grid that left 10,000 people without power.…

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