NERC CIP Compliance Guide

Understanding QPT Platform's NERC CIP compliance status and roadmap

68%
Standard Tier
Current Compliance
90%+
High-Assurance Tier
Current Compliance
6 weeks
To 90%+
With external audit

NERC CIP Standards Coverage

CIP-002-5.1Asset Identification
PARTIAL
70% complete
CIP-003-8Security Management
PARTIAL
65% complete
CIP-004-6Personnel & Training
CRITICAL GAP
30% complete
CIP-005-6Electronic Security Perimeter
MOSTLY DONE
85% complete
CIP-006-6Physical Security
DOCUMENTED
60% complete
CIP-007-6System Security Management
PARTIAL
75% complete
CIP-008-6Incident Response
PARTIAL
60% complete
CIP-009-6Recovery Plans
MOSTLY DONE
80% complete
CIP-010-4Configuration Management
PARTIAL
55% complete
CIP-011-2Information Protection
GOOD
85% complete

What's Included (Both Tiers)

AWS asset inventory (automated)
CloudTrail audit trail (immutable)
VPC Flow Logs (network traffic)
GuardDuty threat detection (24/7)
Security Hub compliance monitoring
Web Application Firewall (OWASP)
Encrypted databases (AES-256)
Secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager)
Rate limiting (brute force protection)
Role-based access control (RBAC)
Automated backups (30-day retention)
Disaster recovery runbook

What's Missing (Path to 90%+)

Personnel & Training (CIP-004-6) - CRITICAL GAP

Currently 30% complete. Biggest gap to address.

  • • Background checks for all personnel (7-year history)
  • • Quarterly security awareness training
  • • Access authorization workflow
  • • Cost: $500-$1,000 (background checks)
  • • Timeline: 2-3 weeks (vendor process)

Documentation Sprint (16 hours)

  • Security policy (8 hours)
  • Incident response plan (4 hours)
  • Configuration baselines (4 hours)

External Validation (4-6 weeks)

  • • Penetration test: $10,000-$15,000
  • • NERC CIP audit: $15,000-$25,000
  • • Quarterly DR testing (ongoing)

Investment to 90%+ Compliance

Time Required

  • • Documentation: 40 hours
  • • Training program: 24 hours
  • • Testing: 4 hours/quarter
  • • Background checks: 2-3 weeks (vendor)
  • • External audit: 2 weeks (vendor)

Cost Breakdown

  • • Documentation: $4,000
  • • Background checks: $500-$1,000
  • • Training program: $2,400
  • • Pen test: $10,000-$15,000
  • • NERC audit: $15,000-$25,000
  • Total: $32,000-$48,000

ROI: Avoiding a single NERC fine ($1M/day) pays for this 21-31 times over

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