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CIP Virtualization Project 2016-02 – CIP Modifications CIP SDT Members March, 2020

Agenda • Virtualization Overview • Clarification for Permitted Architectures • Additional Capabilities Enabled • CIP Standards Impact 2 RELIABILITY | ACCOUNTABILITY

Virtualization Overview • What is Virtualization?  Comparison to the Interconnected BES • Reliability Benefits • Security Benefits 3 RELIABILITY | ACCOUNTABILITY

Clarification for permitted architectures 4 RELIABILITY | ACCOUNTABILITY

Clarification – Hypervisors and Storage Systems Hypervisors are the EMS of Virtualized infrastructure • What is a Hypervisor? • Benefits of Hypervisors • Challenges for CIP Compliance • Changes Made 5 RELIABILITY | ACCOUNTABILITY

Clarification – Virtual Machines Virtual Machines are a now “Form” of computing • What is a Virtual Machine? • Benefits of Virtual Machines • Challenges for CIP Compliance • Changes Made 6 RELIABILITY | ACCOUNTABILITY

Clarification – Containers Containers are an even newer “Form” of computing • What is a Container? • Benefits of Container • Challenges for CIP Compliance • Changes Made 7 RELIABILITY | ACCOUNTABILITY

Clarification – Super ESPs What do Super ESPs have to do with Virtualization? • What is a Super ESP? • Benefits of Super ESP • Challenges for CIP Compliance • Changes Made 8 RELIABILITY | ACCOUNTABILITY

Clarification – Management Management of the infrastructure, like Dispatch • What is a:  Management System?  Management Interface?  Management Module? • Benefits of Management Systems • Challenges for CIP Compliance • Changes Made 9 RELIABILITY | ACCOUNTABILITY

Additional Capabilities Enabled 10 RELIABILITY | ACCOUNTABILITY

Additional Capabilities – Zero Trust Enhanced and Automated Access Control through Zero Trust • What is Zero Trust? • Benefits of Zero Trust • Challenges for CIP Compliance • Changes Made 11 RELIABILITY | ACCOUNTABILITY

Additional Capabilities – Hardware and Software Reduction Hardware and Software Reduction through Logical Isolation and common trust levels • What can be reduced? • Benefits of Hardware and Software Reduction • Challenges for CIP Compliance • Changes Made 12 RELIABILITY | ACCOUNTABILITY

Additional Capabilities – Network Access Control Automated control and compliance through Network Access Control • What is a Network Access Control? • Benefits of Network Access Control • Challenges for CIP Compliance • Changes Made 13 RELIABILITY | ACCOUNTABILITY

CIP Standards Impact • Technical Standards impact:  CIP-005 – biggest impact  CIP-007 – minor impact  CIP-010 – moderate impact • Definitions • Conforming changes to other Standards 14 RELIABILITY | ACCOUNTABILITY

2016-02 SDT Virtualization Updates • Drafting Technical Rationale and Implementation Guidance for each:  CIP-005  CIP-007  CIP-010 • Virtualization and Future Technologies – What’s in it for me V2 (soon to be released) 15 RELIABILITY | ACCOUNTABILITY

2016-02 SDT Meeting Schedule • All meetings WebEx/phone until further notice  March 31–April 2, 2020  April 28–30, 2020  Times – Noon to 5 Eastern • Weekly Conference Calls – Thursdays at Noon (as needed) 16 RELIABILITY | ACCOUNTABILITY

Jordan Mallory Jordan.Mallory@nerc.net 17 RELIABILITY | ACCOUNTABILITY