Cybersecurity for energy and utilities that holds up under a NERC CIP audit.
Z Cyber is your cybersecurity operating partner for electric and energy utilities. Our security advisors run your NERC CIP program on the Glance platform, categorize your BES Cyber Systems, manage CIP-013 supply chain risk, and remediate the gaps we find. Not just inventory them.
- ●CIP-007 R2 patch-cycle evidence filed · 2h ago
- ●CIP-013 vendor reassessed: relay supplier · 5h ago
- ●BES Cyber System recategorized: new substation
- ●CIP-008 tabletop logged · E-ISAC ready
WHAT WE HEAR
The pressure utility security teams are under.
Grid reliability and CIP enforcement raise the stakes on every control. See how we secure converged IT and OT environments.
“Our last audit turned up a documentation gap on nearly every CIP-007 patch cycle.”
How Z Cyber answers it
A continuous CIP-007 R2 patch-management record mapped to your BES Cyber System inventory, with evidence captured as the work happens, ready before your Regional Entity asks.
“We can't prove which vendors touch our control systems, and CIP-013 is now squarely in scope.”
How Z Cyber answers it
A CIP-013 supply chain risk program: vendor inventory, procurement-stage review, security questionnaires, and continuous scoring for everyone with access to your BES environment.
“Our OT and IT security live in separate spreadsheets, and the board only sees a red or green dot.”
How Z Cyber answers it
One risk register spanning IT and OT, framed in grid-reliability and safety language your COO and your Regional Entity both read.
GLANCE FOR UTILITIES
Everything you need to run a defensible NERC CIP program.
Glance is the platform Z Cyber operates on your behalf. Whether you have a CIP Senior Manager and a full team, are short-staffed, or are standing up your program for the first time, we handle the work and your people see the same single source of truth.
BES Cyber System categorization
CIP-002 categorization of your high, medium, and low impact BES Cyber Systems, the foundation the rest of your CIP program is built on. Kept current as substations, control centers, and assets change.
NERC CIP program operations
CIP-003 through CIP-011 run continuously: electronic security perimeters (CIP-005), system security management (CIP-007), information protection for BCSI (CIP-011), and configuration and vulnerability management (CIP-010). Not a binder you update before the audit.
CIP-013 supply chain risk
Vendor inventory, procurement-stage risk review, security questionnaires, and continuous scoring for every vendor with access to your BES environment. The supply chain standard that auditors are scrutinizing hardest.
OT and IT risk register to remediation
Risk register framed in grid-reliability and safety impact, not a raw vulnerability scan. Prioritized mitigation with cost estimates, aligned to IEC 62443 and NIST SP 800-82, with evidence captured as the work progresses.
Incident response and E-ISAC readiness
CIP-008 incident response and reporting plans kept exercise-ready, with the E-ISAC and DOE OE-417 notification workflows pre-built so a reportable event is a process you follow, not a scramble.
Regional Entity audit readiness
Evidence on demand for WECC, RF, SERC, MRO, NPCC, Texas RE, and SPP RE. Your audit becomes a read-only access grant, not a multi-week fire drill across operations, compliance, and IT.
Cyber insurance readiness
A live readiness score across the controls critical-infrastructure carriers actually underwrite, MFA, EDR, backups, incident response, privileged access, and segmentation, each with an evidence-confidence rating. We hand your broker a carrier-grade report instead of a renewal scramble.
See the readiness model →THE PLATFORM
See the platform we run your program on. Multi-tenant architecture, an OT and ICS risk library, and the evidence engine behind every CIP audit.
- CRITShared local account on EMS without individual attributionNERC CIP-007 R5Remediating
- CRITNo security assessment on file for new relay vendorNERC CIP-013 R1Open
- HIGHPatch evaluation overdue on substation RTUNERC CIP-007 R2Remediating
- HIGHAccess-point logging gap at primary control centerNERC CIP-005 R1Open
- MEDBES Cyber System Information stored unencryptedNERC CIP-011 R1Resolved
- LOWVisitor log retention below policy at substationNERC CIP-006 R1Resolved
CIP READINESS
One score your auditor can follow
A live NERC CIP readiness score mapped to every standard your Regional Entity examines.
SUPPLY CHAIN · CIP-013
Every vendor with BES access, scored
Procurement-stage risk review and continuous scoring for everyone who touches your control systems.
EVIDENCE ENGINE
Captured as the work happens
Patch cycles, config changes and access reviews logged automatically, so the audit is already documented.
CIP READINESS
One score your auditor can follow
A live NERC CIP readiness score mapped to every standard your Regional Entity examines.
SUPPLY CHAIN · CIP-013
Every vendor with BES access, scored
Procurement-stage risk review and continuous scoring for everyone who touches your control systems.
EVIDENCE ENGINE
Captured as the work happens
Patch cycles, config changes and access reviews logged automatically, so the audit is already documented.
ONE CONTROL SET, EVERY FRAMEWORK
Answer once. Map to every standard a utility reports to.
THE GLANCE CONTROL SET
One evidence base, maintained continuously.
Update a control once and every standard it maps to updates with it. No re-proving the same patch cycle or access review for your Regional Entity, your insurer, and your largest interconnection partner.
NERC CIP-002
BES Cyber System Categorization
NERC CIP-005
Electronic Security Perimeter(s)
NERC CIP-007
System Security Management
NERC CIP-010
Configuration & Vulnerability Management
NERC CIP-013
Supply Chain Risk Management
IEC 62443
Industrial Automation & Control Systems
NIST SP 800-82
Guide to ICS / OT Security
NIST CSF 2.0
Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover
RISK TO REMEDIATION
We close the gaps we find. Not just catalog them.
Most compliance tools stop at a findings list. Z Cyber runs the full loop, from the risk we surface to the evidence your next CIP audit needs.
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Identify
Risks surfaced from your OT and IT environment and your BES Cyber System inventory
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Prioritize
Ranked by grid-reliability impact and CIP enforcement exposure
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Remediate
Our security advisors drive the fix, inside your maintenance windows
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Evidence
Proof captured as the work happens, mapped to the CIP requirement
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Audit-ready
Your Regional Entity, E-ISAC, and carrier get one answer
HOW WE PARTNER
Operating partner, not a deck and a deliverable.
Z Cyber embeds a forward-deployed security team into your utility, runs your CIP program every day on Glance, and stays accountable to outcomes your operations and compliance leaders can read.
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Scope
Thirty to sixty minutes. We size the engagement to your registered functions, your impact rating, your audit cycle, and your near-term pressure points, an upcoming audit, a CIP-013 deadline, or a new interconnection.
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Implement
Weeks one to four. We stand up your Glance tenant, categorize your BES Cyber Systems under CIP-002, inventory your CIP-013 vendors, populate your evidence library, and build your OT and IT risk register in reliability language.
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Operate
Continuous. We drive remediation, maintain your CIP-007 patch and CIP-010 configuration evidence, answer incoming supply-chain and customer questionnaires, and keep your policy and exception repositories current.
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Improve
Quarterly. We brief leadership in grid-reliability language, recalibrate priorities, and produce the audit and attestation packets your Regional Entity and your cyber insurer actually accept.
UTILITIES READING
Talk to an advisor, or read up first.
Industrials & OT Cybersecurity
Where IT and OT converge: SCADA, PLCs, and industrial control systems secured under IEC 62443 and NIST CSF.
Read more →NIST CSF 2.0 Compliance Checklist
The cross-industry control framework that bridges your NERC CIP program to the rest of your security posture.
Read more →Cyber Insurance Readiness Guide
What carriers now require before they renew a critical-infrastructure operator, and how to be ready.
Read more →See the Glance platform
The multi-tenant GRC platform Z Cyber operates on your behalf, with the OT risk library behind every CIP requirement.
Read more →FREQUENTLY ASKED
Questions worth answering up front.
Do you only work with electric utilities, or other energy operators too?
We have a small compliance team and one upcoming audit. Is this overkill?
How do you work in our OT environment without disrupting operations?
How does Glance handle CIP-013 supply chain risk specifically?
Can you get us ready for our Regional Entity audit?
How does Z Cyber engage with us?
Make your next NERC CIP audit a read-only access grant.
Tell us your registered footprint and your next audit date. A Z Cyber advisor walks through where you stand against NERC CIP, CIP-013, and the OT risks that matter most, within one business day.