Technical study to develop good practice guidance on securing electricity substations against cyber risks.
What the buyer wrote
Notice summary: The Department of Energy and Climate Change wishes to commission a project to develop guidance on securing electricity substations against cyber risks. Developing guidance on how best to secure substations would assist industry by providing guidance on how best to ensure specific risks are mitigated across the sector. Description: Substations are critical in maintaining a stable and secure supply of electricity and the loss of one or more substations would result in widespread disruption to consumers and extensive financial losses. Indeed the targeted cyber-attack in Ukraine in December 2015, which led to up to 225,000 people having electricity cut off for several hours, w…
Details
- What the buyer calls it
- Technical study to develop good practice guidance on securing electricity substations against cyber risks.
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Type
- services
- Work starts
- 4 Sep 2016
- Work ends
- 3 Mar 2017
Who the buyer named
The buyer published a contact address on this notice.