Free CIP-002 tool + NERC CIP Roadmap Report expected by end of January

As NERC sharpens its focus on Low Impact systems and Category 2 IBRs, expectations for compliance teams are rising. We’re very excited to see the CIP Roadmap finalized.

This week, we’re sharing a free tool to help you quickly categorize generator facilities in line with CIP-002 requirements - scroll to the bottom to access.

We shipped product updates designed to reduce manual work across policy management, evidence organization, and asset categorization - all interconnected in the Raptor Comply ecosystem.

Product Updates 🚀

Policy Document Management & Governance

• Policy engine revamp: Digitized versions of core policy and program documents. Assign assets and then upload your existing policy for digitization. Edit and format text, add images or diagrams, before assigning for review

• CIP Senior Manager review: Designate a user as your CIP Senior Manager (CSM) and assign policy documents to auto-create a task kicking off your CSM’s review workflow.

Asset Categorization

• Control Center CIP-002 asset categorization: Interconnection field added to facilities metadata Auto-categorization of control center with warning messages Control Center view shows aggregate capacity by interconnection

Tasks & Evidence

• Asset-level task lists: Import library tasks at the Control Center and Facility level

• Evidence management: Upload files, mark BCSI, associate with standards/assets and preview directly in-browser

Industry Update ⚡️

NERC reliability standards may be getting an overhaul. More onerous Low Impact standards on their way, and we expect piecemeal revision of standards to encompass Cat 2 IBRs.

In addition, based on early signals and working discussions, the much anticipated CIP Roadmap is likely to place greater emphasis on an objectives-based framework (like NIST). In objectives-based frameworks, evidence is more important than ever in proving those objectives are met.

Compliance Resources

We are launching our first free tool for the NERC community: a CIP-002 Impact Categorization tool.

If you’re unsure how your facilities are currently classified, our free CIP-002 analysis tool can help you assess impact and risk.

Check your CIP Category