U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability A Summary of Control System Security Standards Activities in the Energy Sector Prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability October 2005 NSTB National SCADA Test Bed Enhancing control systems security in the energy sector NSTB ABSTRACT This document is a compilation of the activities and initiatives concerning control system security that are influencing the standards process in the development of secure communication protocols and systems. Also contained in this report is a comparison of several of the sector standards, guidelines, and technical reports, demonstrating standards coverage by security topic. This work focuses on control systems standards applicable to the energy (oil, gas, and electric, but not nuclear) sector. A Summary of Control System Security Standards Activities in the Energy Sector i NSTB ii A Summary of Control System Security Standards Activities in the Energy Sector NSTB AUTHOR CONTACTS Rolf E. Carlson Sandia National Laboratories1 Phone: 505.844.9476 E-mail:
[email protected] Jeffery E. Dagle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory2 Phone 509.375.3629 E-mail:
[email protected] Shabbir A. Shamsuddin Argonne National Laboratory3 Phone 630.252.6273 E-mail:
[email protected] Robert P. Evans Idaho National Laboratory4 Phone 208.526.0852 E-mail:
[email protected] 1 Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company, for the United States Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. 2 The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is operated by Battelle for the U.S.