Securing the IIoT—Cybersecurity for Distributed Energy
Resources: Draft SP 1800-32 Available for Comment
NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE)
has released a draft of NIST Special Publication (SP) 1800-32, Securing
the Industrial Internet of Things: Cybersecurity for Distributed Energy
Resources.
The use of small-scale distributed energy resources (DERs)
is growing rapidly and transforming the power grid. In fact, a
distribution utility may need to remotely communicate with thousands of
DERs and other grid-edge devices—many of which are not owned by them.
Any attack that can deny, disrupt, or tamper with DER
communications could prevent a utility from performing necessary
control actions and could diminish grid resiliency.
In this draft cybersecurity practice guide, the NCCoE
applies standards, best practices, and commercially available
technology to protect the digital communication, data, and control of
cyber-physical grid-edge devices. The guide demonstrates an example
solution for monitoring and detecting unusual behavior of connected
industrial internet of things (IIoT) devices and building a
comprehensive audit trail of trusted IIoT data flows.
The public comment period is open through October 20,
2021. See the publication
details for a copy of the document and instructions for
submitting comments.
NOTE: A call for patent
claims is included on page iv of this draft (Volume B). For
additional information, see the Information
Technology Laboratory (ITL) Patent Policy–Inclusion of Patents in ITL
Publications.
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