Black & Veatch and EDS To Deliver NERC Cyber Security Compliance Solution.OVERLAND PARK Overland Park, city (1990 pop. 111,790), Johnson co., NE Kans., a residential suburb of Kansas City; inc. 1960. There is printing and publishing, and the manufacture of apparel, aircraft parts, cement, prepared foods, salt, chemicals, marine accessories, and signs. , Kan. -- Black & Veatch and EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. announced today the two companies will collaborate on services for electric energy companies needing to comply with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation  The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is a nonprofit corporation based in Princeton, NJ which was formed March 28, 2006. (NERC NERC Natural Environment Research Council (UK)NERC North American Electric Reliability Corporation (Princeton, New Jersey, USA) NERC Northeast Recycling Council NERC National Environment Research Council ) Cyber Security Standards Cyber security standards are security standards which enable organizations to practice safe security techniques in order to minimize the number of successful cyber security attacks. These guides provide general outlines as well as specific techniques for implementing cyber security. . "Electric energy companies face many unique challenges in securing their infrastructure to meet the NERC Cyber Security Standards," said Stephen A. Stolze, Managing Director and Leader of Black & Veatch's Cyber Security Service. "A comprehensive cyber security solution requires an expertise and knowledge base that is not traditionally part of the day-to-day operations of a power grid." EDS, a leading global technology services company, will work with Black & Veatch in performing compliance and vulnerability assessment A Department of Defense, command, or unit-level evaluation (assessment) to determine the vulnerability of a terrorist attack against an installation, unit, exercise, port, ship, residence, facility, or other site. activities and assisting with the design of secure supervisory control and data acquisition (application) Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition - (SCADA) Systems are used in industry to monitor and control plant status and provide logging facilities. SCADA systems are highly configurable, and usually interface to the plant via PLCs. (SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) A process control application that collects data from sensors and machines on the shop floor or in remote locations and sends them to a central computer for management and control. ) solutions. The combined approach leverages the utility domain expertise, network expertise and project management capabilities of Black & Veatch and the information technology infrastructure and network security expertise of EDS to deliver solutions that enable energy clients to meet or exceed NERC standards. "Our goal is to provide NERC compliant solutions for the protection of critical infrastructure assets and provide energy clients with an effective information security program for safeguarding the bulk electric grid," said Dave Gillis, EDS Security Consultant. Black & Veatch's Cyber Security Service addresses all aspects of compliance. Based on a cyclical methodology of assess, remediate and maintain, it provides a risk-based approach that assists clients in fulfilling their security requirements from creation of the initial gap analysis through field implementation and future compliance monitoring, reporting and maintenance. The Solution: * Utilizes subject matter experts to identify critical assets and to understand the parameters used to classify critical cyber assets * Performs a vulnerability assessment on existing and planned assets * Provides specific feedback and mitigation recommendations on all deficiencies, and helps develop and deploy policies to meet or exceed NERC cyber security standards * Creates a holistic roadmap for establishing and maintaining a robust security posture and an ongoing readiness culture throughout the organization * Addresses the cyber, physical, and human resource aspects of compliance along with documentation, incident reporting and ongoing maintenance * Provides a 'holistic' solution that includes analysis, recommendations, and implementation EDS' Security and Privacy Professional Services (SPPS SPPS SharePoint Portal Server (Microsoft) SPPS Steam Powered Preservation Society SPPS Stable Plasma Protein Solution SppS Super Proton-Antiproton Synchrotron (particle accelerator at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland) ) offers proven, repeatable methodologies that focuses on protection from the ever-changing threats and vulnerabilities impacting electronic environments. SPPS offers best-in-class solutions as defined by clients and industry, comprised of a fully integrated suite of security, privacy and business continuity services. About Black & Veatch Black & Veatch is a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company specializing in infrastructure development in energy, water, telecommunications, management consulting, federal and environmental markets. Founded in 1915, Black & Veatch develops tailored infrastructure solutions that meet clients' needs and provides sustainable benefits. Solutions are provided from the broad line of service expertise available within Black & Veatch, including conceptual and preliminary engineering services, engineering design, procurement, construction, financial management, asset management, program management, construction management, environmental, security design and consulting, management consulting and infrastructure planning. With more than $2 billion in revenue, the employee-owned company has more than 100 offices worldwide and has completed projects in more than 100 countries on six continents. The company's Web site address is www.bv.com. About EDS EDS (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :EDS) is a leading global technology services company delivering business solutions to its clients. EDS founded the information technology outsourcing Information Technology Outsoucing or ITO is a company's outsourcing of computer or Internet related work, such as programming, to other companies. It is used in refence to Business Process Outsourcing or BPO, which is the outsourcing of the work that does not require so much industry more than 40 years ago. Today, EDS delivers a broad portfolio of information technology and business process outsourcing Business process outsourcing (BPO) is the contracting of a specific business task, such as payroll, to a third-party service provider. Usually, BPO is implemented as a cost-saving measure for tasks that a company requires but does not depend upon to maintain its position in services to clients in the manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, communications, energy, transportation, and consumer and retail industries and to governments around the world. Learn more at eds.com. |
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