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| Black & Veatch helps power companies protect vital infrastructure Black & Veatch, a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company, announced the addition of a new Cyber Security service designed to help electric utilities and independent power producers address the recently mandated North American Electric Reliability Corporation Cyber Security Standards. The Cyber Security service is designed to assess, remediate and maintain vigilance against electronic forms of intrusion and disruption of power service. The new service addresses the nine critical infrastructure protection standards that cover cyber and physical security, training, reporting, annual maintenance and auditing. The new Cyber Security service includes: utilizing subject matter experts to identify critical assets and to understand the parameters used to classify assets; performs a vulnerability assessment on existing assets; provides specific feedback and mitigation recommendations on all deficiencies and helps develop and deploy a policy to meet or exceed NERC CIP guidelines; offers insight on how to maintain a holistic view of protection for all of the enterprise's critical cyber assets; creates a roadmap for establishing and maintaining a robust security initiative and an ongoing readiness culture throughout the organization; addresses the cyber, physical and human resource aspects of compliance along with documentation, incident reporting and ongoing maintenance. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |