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Practical guides for OT security and NERC CIP.

Written by the team that builds GridShield: how to segment, harden, recover and monitor OT networks, and the evidence each NERC CIP standard expects. Read them here or save them as PDF.

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GridShield security and architecture

How GridShield is built to sit inside an OT network safely: read-only collection, mutual TLS, signed updates, on-premises deployment and a tamper-evident evidence chain.

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COMPLIANCE GUIDESegmenting an OT networkaround electronic securityperimeters
Guide · 9 min
Segmenting an OT network around electronic security perimeters

How to draw, build and evidence the boundaries that keep BES Cyber Systems reachable only through controlled access points.

CIP-005 · CIP-002Read →
COMPLIANCE GUIDEHardening baselines forfirewalls, switches andWindows hosts in OT
Guide · 10 min
Hardening baselines for firewalls, switches and Windows hosts in OT

A practical starting baseline for the devices most sites run, and how to keep it from drifting.

CIP-007 · CIP-010Read →
COMPLIANCE GUIDECIP-003-9 for low-impactsites: the plan and theevidence
Guide · 8 min
CIP-003-9 for low-impact sites: the plan and the evidence

What the low-impact plan must cover, section by section, and the evidence that shows it is followed — written for solar, wind and battery sites entering registration.

CIP-003-9 · CIP-002Read →
COMPLIANCE GUIDEBackup and recovery for OTassets
Guide · 7 min
Backup and recovery for OT assets

Recovery plans that actually work: what to back up, how often, how to test, and how to prove it.

CIP-009Read →
COMPLIANCE GUIDEPreparing for CIP-015-1internal network securitymonitoring
Guide · 8 min
Preparing for CIP-015-1 internal network security monitoring

What INSM asks for inside the electronic security perimeter, and how to collect, analyze and protect the data.

CIP-015-1 · CIP-005Read →
WHITEPAPERGridShield security andarchitecture
Whitepaper · 12 min
GridShield security and architecture

How GridShield is built to sit inside an OT network safely: read-only collection, mutual TLS, signed updates, on-premises deployment and a tamper-evident evidence chain.

CIP-005 · CIP-007 · CIP-010 · CIP-015-1Read →
FRAMEWORK MAPGrid cyber security rulesaround the world: whatapplies, what to do,…
Reference · 10 min
Grid cyber security rules around the world: what applies, what to do, and when

NERC CIP covers North America. Here is the equivalent for power operators in the EU, the UK, Australia, Saudi Arabia and India — and the international standards they all lean on.

NERC CIP · NIS2 · IEC 62443Read →
FRAMEWORK MAPNERC CIP glossary
Reference · 6 min
NERC CIP glossary

Plain-language definitions of the terms that come up most in NERC CIP work.

CIP-002 – CIP-015Read →