Cyber Security Procurement Language for Control Systems

Overview
The Cyber Security Procurement Language for Control Systems project is an initiative that DHS sponsored together with Idaho National Laboratory, the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, and private industry. The purpose of the project was to summarize security principles that should be considered when designing and procuring control systems products and provide examples of language to incorporate into procurement specifications.

In January 2007 the National Infrastructure Advisory Council issued a report recommending that the Office of Management and Budget mandate that federal agencies apply the procurement language when procuring control systems and services.