Purpose/Industry Need:
This set of revisions in this project includes:

• Modifying the standards so they conform to the latest approved versions of the ERO Rules of Procedure as outlined in the Standard Review Guidelines identified in Attachment 1.
• Addressing the directives issued by FERC, in Order 706 relative to the approved Cyber Security Standards CIP-002-1 through CIP-009-1. Refer to http://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/comm-meet/2008/011708/E-2.pdf the complete text of the final order. Specific requirements from the Order are identified in Attachment 2.
  –  Emphasis on Order 706 directive for NERC to address revisions to the CIP standards considering applicable feature of the NIST Security Risk Management Framework among other resources.
• Incorporating clarifications from the Interpretation of CIP-006-1 Requirement 1.1.

NOTE: Additional issues identified by stakeholders during the posting of this SAR are listed in a supplementary SAR.  The supplementary SAR will be posted for industry comment, and if supported by stakeholders, will be appended to this SAR.