Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is responsible for developing international standards for telecommunications, IT, and power generation products and services. The IEEE has several working groups that address issues related to control systems security. Some of these work groups are developing standards for defining, specifying, and analyzing control systems. For example, the institute is developing P1689, a standard for retrofitting cybersecurity to various communications links in a control systems, and P1711, a cryptographic standard for the same links. The institute is also developing P1686, which will define the functions and features to be provided in substation intelligent electronic devices to accommodate critical infrastructure protection programs.