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FERC, NERC release vendor cybersecurity guide to help identify Huawei, ZTE chips

Utility Dive: Electric power suppliers rely on networking and telecommunications abilities in their daily operations. Several government entities, including the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Government Accountability Office (GAO), Defense Innovation Board and Federal Communications Commission (FCC), have identified equipment produced by Huawei and ZTE as potential threats, according to FERC and NERC.

Concerns about cybersecurity of the electric grid have grown this year. President Trump issued an executive order on physical and cybersecurity of the nation’s power grid and the Department of Energy identified six countries – China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela – as "foreign adversaries" from which the power sector cannot purchase equipment.

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