Zachs Consulting provides information security and assurance solutions to meet the exact legal and regulatory requirements of the Energy and Utility services community, point by point. Our Energy and Utility Services Security and Assurance Package provides a complete information security and assurance solution that confirm you will comply with your next audit without compromising your services..

Zachs Consulting covers many legislation and regulations including but not limited to:

Energy Policy Act of 2005 Section 1211 - Electric Reliability Standards - This law requires FERC to develop Reliability Standards including cyber security and authorize Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) to develop and enforce standards. NERC will be the ERO. NERC has defined a set of Cyber security Standards to protect the bulk electric systems in North America. The Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards including CIP-002-1 through CIP-009-1 will be set for initial NERC Board approval in May, with compliance beginning later this year.

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Security Standards - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Security Standards for market resources are primarily focused on electronic systems, including hardware, software, data related communications networks, control systems as they impact the grip or market, and personnel.

Areas addressed include:

• Security and risk assessment
• Communications
• Physical and cyber security
• Employment Screening
• Protecting sensitive information
• Incident response and management
• Continuity of business practices