Document ID: FERC-2011-1498-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Technical Conferences: North American Electric Reliability Corp.
Posted Date: 2011-09-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 190 (Friday, September 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 60820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25212]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RD10-8-000]

North American Electric Reliability Corporation; Notice of 
Technical Conference

    Take notice that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(Commission) will hold a staff-led Technical Conference to discuss 
issues related to the interpretations of Reliability Standard CIP-006-2 
in the above-referenced docket. The Technical Conference will be held 
on Tuesday, October 25, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (EST) in the 
Commission Meeting Room at the Commission's headquarters at 888 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The Technical Conference will be 
open for the public to attend and advance registration is not required.
    The Technical Conference will explore the risks of leaving dial-up 
intelligent electronic devices that are part of the Bulk-Power System 
and that use non-routable protocols physically unprotected. The 
Commission is interested in: (1) Information on the number of Bulk-
Power System assets that are networked using non-routable protocols; 
(2) the proportion of those assets that are currently physically 
unprotected; (3) the risks associated with leaving such assets 
physically unprotected; and (4) methods for mitigating such risks.
    The Technical Conference will also explore monitoring physical 
access not only when authorized personnel enter a controlled access 
area, such as the physical security perimeter to critical cyber assets, 
but also when authorized personnel leave the controlled access area. 
The Commission is interested in the level of security attained by 
monitoring both physical ingress and egress into controlled access 
areas.
    Those interested in speaking at the conference should notify the 
Commission by close of business October 7, 2011 by completing an online 
form describing the topics that they wish to address: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/naerc-10-25-speaker-form.asp. Due 
to time constraints, we may not be able to accommodate all those 
interested in speaking. The Commission will issue a subsequent notice 
that will provide the detailed agenda, including panel speakers.
    A free webcast of this event is available through http://www.ferc.gov. Anyone with Internet access who desires to view this 
event can do so by navigating to www.ferc.gov's Calendar of Events and 
locating this event in the calendar. The event will contain a link to 
its webcast. The Capitol Connection provides technical support for the 
free webcasts. It also offers access to this event via television in 
the DC area and via phone bridge for a fee.
    FERC conferences are accessible under section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please 
send an e-mail to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free (866) 208-
3372 (voice) or (202) 502-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208-2106 
with the requested accommodations.
    For further information please contact Sarah McKinley at (202) 502-
8368 or sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.

    Dated: September 26, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-25212 Filed 9-29-11; 8:45 am]
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