The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is seeking authority to require that utilities take mandatory measures to guard against cyber-threats or other attacks on the U.S. electric grid, largely because the agency thinks U.S. utilities' voluntary response to the so-called "Aurora" threat in 2007 was inadequate, FERC's top security official tell lawmakers. Joseph McClelland, director of FERC's Office of Electric Reliability, pushed for the new federal authority partly by criticizing industry's response to an advisory on the "Aurora" vulnerability, the…
FERC Seeks New Cyber Security Authority; Cites Industry Lapse
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