The Ministry of Power (MoP) is committed to safeguard national power grids from Cyber Attacks. This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. The Minister further said that under the directions received from National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) and Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the specified agencies under Information Technology Act, 2000, the MoP has taken steps to sensitize all critical organisations under them.
The Minister, in his reply, added that the underlying information infrastructure has been audited by third-party agencies accredited by CERT-In and have been hardened to ward off any attacks. Critical setups at Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL) and Power System Operation Corporation Ltd. (POSOCO) have been certified on the ISO-27001 Information Security Management System (ISMS) Standard. Further, sectoral Computer Emergency Response Team for transmission sector (CERT-Transmission) has been identified for coordinating cyber security preparedness in the sector", the Minister added.
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