FERC

• This week in the cloud

  NIST cloud guidelines address security, privacy concerns We told you last week about the two draft cloud documents NIST published. This week, Federal News Radio spoke with NIST computer scientists Lee Badger and Tim Grance about those docs. Federal News Radio host Chris Dorobek also discussed how agencies can take advantage of the costs and [...]

  Technology

  February 13, 2011
• NIST finds five steps to a smarter grid

  NIST says it\'s identified five \"foundational\" sets of standards for Smart Grid interoperability and cyber security that are ready for consideration by federal and state energy regulators. Details from NIST\'s George Arnold

  Federal Drive

  October 13, 2010
• Smart grid changing FERC’s work

  We caught up with Commissioner Philip Moeller at a recent conference. He described how the smart grid initiative is affecting FERC and the kind of expertise it needs.

  Federal Drive

  November 25, 2009
• New defense thinking needed for cyber era

  Resilience, robustness more important than deterrence, experts say

  Technology

  November 10, 2008