ICS Sicherheitsvorfallprotokoll Vorlage
When grid safety and compliance must meet - in plain language
In industriellen Umgebungen, in denen Betriebszeit und Sicherheit nicht verhandelbar sind, kann selbst ein einzelner Cybersecurity-Vorfall verheerende Folgen haben, die von Betriebsunterbrechungen und finanziellen Verlusten bis hin zu regulatorischen Geldstrafen und Umweltgefahren reichen. Dennoch ist eines der am meisten übersehenen Werkzeuge zur Verteidigung von Industrie-Kontrollsystemen (ICS) auch das grundlegendste: das Vorfall-Tagebuch.
Shieldworkz präsentiert die Vorlage für das ICS-Sicherheitsvorfall-Tagebuch, ein sorgfältig erstelltes Ressourcenwerkzeug, das Fachleuten für industrielle Cybersicherheit hilft, Cybervorfälle in OT/ICS-Umgebungen zu dokumentieren, nachzuverfolgen und zu analysieren. Diese Vorlage geht über grundlegende Aufzeichnungen hinaus und bietet einen standardisierten, prüfungsbereiten Rahmen für das Vorfallmanagement, der mit den heutigen regulatorischen und operativen Anforderungen übereinstimmt.
Warum eine Logbuchvorlage heute entscheidend für die ICS-Sicherheit ist
Electric utilities run infrastructure where cyber failures translate directly into outages, safety risk and regulatory exposure. NERC CIP requirements (from BES Cyber System Categorization through Internal Network Monitoring and Supply Chain Management) are designed to protect bulk electric system reliability. Non-compliance isn’t just a fine on a spreadsheet - it risks service disruption, cascading grid impact and long-lasting stakeholder distrust.
For CISOs, NERC CIP is both a compliance program and a risk-management blueprint: it forces you to inventory what matters, segment critical flows, control remote access, and prove you can restore services quickly after an incident. The checklist condenses those obligations into actionable controls that match engineering realities on the shop floor and in control centers.
What’s inside the Shieldworkz NERC CIP Checklist
Shieldworkz checklist synthesizes requirements across the CIP family (CIP-002 through CIP-015 and the new monitoring/communications clauses) into one operational tracker:
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Perimeter & access controls (CIP-005): Electronic Security Perimeter maps, EAP rules, MFA and encryption for remote access.
Physical security (CIP-006): PSP definitions, escorted access and continuous monitoring.
System security (CIP-007): Patch management, anti-malware, port minimization, and log review cadence.
Incident response & reporting (CIP-008): 24/7 reporting readiness, playbooks, and post-incident updates.
Recovery planning (CIP-009): Backups, restoration tests and recovery objectives.
Change management & vulnerability assessment (CIP-010): Baseline configuration, change control and scheduled vulnerability scans.
Information protection (CIP-011): BCSI classification, encryption and media sanitization.
Supply chain risk (CIP-013): Vendor assessments, procurement clauses, and software integrity checks.
Control center communications (CIP-012) & Internal monitoring (CIP-015): Encryption, integrity, and internal traffic monitoring (including east-west).
Each section in the checklist includes required evidence, suggested frequencies, and impact-level priorities so you can assign owners and track status through to completion.
Why download this checklist - what you get immediately
Vorfallzusammenfassung & Klassifizierung: Definieren Sie klar die Vorfalltypen wie Malware, unautorisierter Zugriff, Gerätekompromittierung usw. mit Schweregraden, die an die operationale Auswirkung angepasst sind.
Operational tasks, not theory: Action items map to everyday engineering and security processes (e.g., “create historian replica in DMZ” rather than vague policy statements).
Audit-ready evidence prompts: For each control we list the artifacts auditors expect: signatures, logs, configuration snapshots, and test results.
Prioritized roadmap: Triage guidance shows which actions reduce the highest operational and compliance risk if you’re resource-constrained.
Board-friendly KPIs: Pre-built metrics (MTTD, recovery RTO, percent assets inventoried, vendor session coverage) to communicate progress in business terms.
Key takeaways for CISOs and operations leaders
Visibility is the foundation. You can’t secure what you don’t see. Asset discovery + authoritative CMDB mapping = the single biggest uplift in compliance and security.
Segment to reduce blast radius. Proper ESP/DMZ design and deny-by-default rules prevent simple campaigns from becoming cascading outages.
Vendor access is high risk - treat it as such. Enforce jump hosts, time-bound credentials, session recording and pre/post maintenance audit packages.
Monitoring must be internal and OT-aware. CIP-015 requires east-west visibility; use protocol-aware sensors and baselining tuned to operational cycles.
Recovery > perfection. Emphasize tested backups, immutable snapshots, and rehearsed recovery playbooks. Rapid, safe restoration is the ultimate compliance proof point.
How Shieldworkz helps you operationalize the checklist
Shieldworkz pairs deep OT domain expertise with pragmatic delivery so CISOs can convert checklist items into measurable outcomes:
Discovery pilots (7-21 days): Passive collection points and an authoritative heatmap of BES Cyber Systems, prioritized by impact.
Gap-to-roadmap translation: We convert assessment findings into a 90/180/365 day remediation plan with owners, acceptance criteria and budget estimates.
IDMZ & monitoring design: Deploy secure demilitarized zones, session recording jump hosts, and OT-aware detection tuned for your operational cadence.
Supply-chain & vendor programs: Contract language, SBOM ingestion templates, and vendor vetting processes tailored for CIP obligations.
Incident readiness and exercises: CIP-aligned playbooks, tabletop drills and simulated recovery runs with plant operators and control engineers.
Managed monitoring & reporting: Ongoing OT telemetry, custom dashboards for executives, and compliance packaging ready for auditors.
Deliverables: PTW templates, TCA SOP, bastion configuration pack, backup/restore scripts, training materials, a site-specific 90-day roadmap, and a leadership dashboard showing KPIs (inventory coverage, vendor session recording rate, MTTD for maintenance anomalies).
Take action now: Make CIP work for your grid
Download the Shieldworkz NERC CIP Compliance Checklist to get an operational, audit-ready program you can assign and execute this quarter. When you’re ready, book a scoping call with our OT specialists to run a discovery pilot and produce your prioritized 90-day action plan.
Fill out the form on this page to download the checklist and schedule a complimentary 30-minute scoping call with a Shieldworkz OT expert - no obligation, just practical next steps to strengthen reliability and compliance.
Laden Sie noch heute Ihre Kopie herunter!
Get our free NERC CIP Compliance Checklist for CISOs and make sure you’re covering every critical control in your industrial network
When grid safety and compliance must meet - in plain language
In industriellen Umgebungen, in denen Betriebszeit und Sicherheit nicht verhandelbar sind, kann selbst ein einzelner Cybersecurity-Vorfall verheerende Folgen haben, die von Betriebsunterbrechungen und finanziellen Verlusten bis hin zu regulatorischen Geldstrafen und Umweltgefahren reichen. Dennoch ist eines der am meisten übersehenen Werkzeuge zur Verteidigung von Industrie-Kontrollsystemen (ICS) auch das grundlegendste: das Vorfall-Tagebuch.
Shieldworkz präsentiert die Vorlage für das ICS-Sicherheitsvorfall-Tagebuch, ein sorgfältig erstelltes Ressourcenwerkzeug, das Fachleuten für industrielle Cybersicherheit hilft, Cybervorfälle in OT/ICS-Umgebungen zu dokumentieren, nachzuverfolgen und zu analysieren. Diese Vorlage geht über grundlegende Aufzeichnungen hinaus und bietet einen standardisierten, prüfungsbereiten Rahmen für das Vorfallmanagement, der mit den heutigen regulatorischen und operativen Anforderungen übereinstimmt.
Warum eine Logbuchvorlage heute entscheidend für die ICS-Sicherheit ist
Electric utilities run infrastructure where cyber failures translate directly into outages, safety risk and regulatory exposure. NERC CIP requirements (from BES Cyber System Categorization through Internal Network Monitoring and Supply Chain Management) are designed to protect bulk electric system reliability. Non-compliance isn’t just a fine on a spreadsheet - it risks service disruption, cascading grid impact and long-lasting stakeholder distrust.
For CISOs, NERC CIP is both a compliance program and a risk-management blueprint: it forces you to inventory what matters, segment critical flows, control remote access, and prove you can restore services quickly after an incident. The checklist condenses those obligations into actionable controls that match engineering realities on the shop floor and in control centers.
What’s inside the Shieldworkz NERC CIP Checklist
Shieldworkz checklist synthesizes requirements across the CIP family (CIP-002 through CIP-015 and the new monitoring/communications clauses) into one operational tracker:
Überprüfen Sie die Effektivität der Antwort
Forensische Aufzeichnungen führen
Erfüllen Sie die Prüfungs- und Berichterstattungsstandards
Perimeter & access controls (CIP-005): Electronic Security Perimeter maps, EAP rules, MFA and encryption for remote access.
Physical security (CIP-006): PSP definitions, escorted access and continuous monitoring.
System security (CIP-007): Patch management, anti-malware, port minimization, and log review cadence.
Incident response & reporting (CIP-008): 24/7 reporting readiness, playbooks, and post-incident updates.
Recovery planning (CIP-009): Backups, restoration tests and recovery objectives.
Change management & vulnerability assessment (CIP-010): Baseline configuration, change control and scheduled vulnerability scans.
Information protection (CIP-011): BCSI classification, encryption and media sanitization.
Supply chain risk (CIP-013): Vendor assessments, procurement clauses, and software integrity checks.
Control center communications (CIP-012) & Internal monitoring (CIP-015): Encryption, integrity, and internal traffic monitoring (including east-west).
Each section in the checklist includes required evidence, suggested frequencies, and impact-level priorities so you can assign owners and track status through to completion.
Why download this checklist - what you get immediately
Vorfallzusammenfassung & Klassifizierung: Definieren Sie klar die Vorfalltypen wie Malware, unautorisierter Zugriff, Gerätekompromittierung usw. mit Schweregraden, die an die operationale Auswirkung angepasst sind.
Operational tasks, not theory: Action items map to everyday engineering and security processes (e.g., “create historian replica in DMZ” rather than vague policy statements).
Audit-ready evidence prompts: For each control we list the artifacts auditors expect: signatures, logs, configuration snapshots, and test results.
Prioritized roadmap: Triage guidance shows which actions reduce the highest operational and compliance risk if you’re resource-constrained.
Board-friendly KPIs: Pre-built metrics (MTTD, recovery RTO, percent assets inventoried, vendor session coverage) to communicate progress in business terms.
Key takeaways for CISOs and operations leaders
Visibility is the foundation. You can’t secure what you don’t see. Asset discovery + authoritative CMDB mapping = the single biggest uplift in compliance and security.
Segment to reduce blast radius. Proper ESP/DMZ design and deny-by-default rules prevent simple campaigns from becoming cascading outages.
Vendor access is high risk - treat it as such. Enforce jump hosts, time-bound credentials, session recording and pre/post maintenance audit packages.
Monitoring must be internal and OT-aware. CIP-015 requires east-west visibility; use protocol-aware sensors and baselining tuned to operational cycles.
Recovery > perfection. Emphasize tested backups, immutable snapshots, and rehearsed recovery playbooks. Rapid, safe restoration is the ultimate compliance proof point.
How Shieldworkz helps you operationalize the checklist
Shieldworkz pairs deep OT domain expertise with pragmatic delivery so CISOs can convert checklist items into measurable outcomes:
Discovery pilots (7-21 days): Passive collection points and an authoritative heatmap of BES Cyber Systems, prioritized by impact.
Gap-to-roadmap translation: We convert assessment findings into a 90/180/365 day remediation plan with owners, acceptance criteria and budget estimates.
IDMZ & monitoring design: Deploy secure demilitarized zones, session recording jump hosts, and OT-aware detection tuned for your operational cadence.
Supply-chain & vendor programs: Contract language, SBOM ingestion templates, and vendor vetting processes tailored for CIP obligations.
Incident readiness and exercises: CIP-aligned playbooks, tabletop drills and simulated recovery runs with plant operators and control engineers.
Managed monitoring & reporting: Ongoing OT telemetry, custom dashboards for executives, and compliance packaging ready for auditors.
Deliverables: PTW templates, TCA SOP, bastion configuration pack, backup/restore scripts, training materials, a site-specific 90-day roadmap, and a leadership dashboard showing KPIs (inventory coverage, vendor session recording rate, MTTD for maintenance anomalies).
Take action now: Make CIP work for your grid
Download the Shieldworkz NERC CIP Compliance Checklist to get an operational, audit-ready program you can assign and execute this quarter. When you’re ready, book a scoping call with our OT specialists to run a discovery pilot and produce your prioritized 90-day action plan.
Fill out the form on this page to download the checklist and schedule a complimentary 30-minute scoping call with a Shieldworkz OT expert - no obligation, just practical next steps to strengthen reliability and compliance.
Laden Sie noch heute Ihre Kopie herunter!
Get our free NERC CIP Compliance Checklist for CISOs and make sure you’re covering every critical control in your industrial network
When grid safety and compliance must meet - in plain language
In industriellen Umgebungen, in denen Betriebszeit und Sicherheit nicht verhandelbar sind, kann selbst ein einzelner Cybersecurity-Vorfall verheerende Folgen haben, die von Betriebsunterbrechungen und finanziellen Verlusten bis hin zu regulatorischen Geldstrafen und Umweltgefahren reichen. Dennoch ist eines der am meisten übersehenen Werkzeuge zur Verteidigung von Industrie-Kontrollsystemen (ICS) auch das grundlegendste: das Vorfall-Tagebuch.
Shieldworkz präsentiert die Vorlage für das ICS-Sicherheitsvorfall-Tagebuch, ein sorgfältig erstelltes Ressourcenwerkzeug, das Fachleuten für industrielle Cybersicherheit hilft, Cybervorfälle in OT/ICS-Umgebungen zu dokumentieren, nachzuverfolgen und zu analysieren. Diese Vorlage geht über grundlegende Aufzeichnungen hinaus und bietet einen standardisierten, prüfungsbereiten Rahmen für das Vorfallmanagement, der mit den heutigen regulatorischen und operativen Anforderungen übereinstimmt.
Warum eine Logbuchvorlage heute entscheidend für die ICS-Sicherheit ist
Electric utilities run infrastructure where cyber failures translate directly into outages, safety risk and regulatory exposure. NERC CIP requirements (from BES Cyber System Categorization through Internal Network Monitoring and Supply Chain Management) are designed to protect bulk electric system reliability. Non-compliance isn’t just a fine on a spreadsheet - it risks service disruption, cascading grid impact and long-lasting stakeholder distrust.
For CISOs, NERC CIP is both a compliance program and a risk-management blueprint: it forces you to inventory what matters, segment critical flows, control remote access, and prove you can restore services quickly after an incident. The checklist condenses those obligations into actionable controls that match engineering realities on the shop floor and in control centers.
What’s inside the Shieldworkz NERC CIP Checklist
Shieldworkz checklist synthesizes requirements across the CIP family (CIP-002 through CIP-015 and the new monitoring/communications clauses) into one operational tracker:
Überprüfen Sie die Effektivität der Antwort
Forensische Aufzeichnungen führen
Erfüllen Sie die Prüfungs- und Berichterstattungsstandards
Perimeter & access controls (CIP-005): Electronic Security Perimeter maps, EAP rules, MFA and encryption for remote access.
Physical security (CIP-006): PSP definitions, escorted access and continuous monitoring.
System security (CIP-007): Patch management, anti-malware, port minimization, and log review cadence.
Incident response & reporting (CIP-008): 24/7 reporting readiness, playbooks, and post-incident updates.
Recovery planning (CIP-009): Backups, restoration tests and recovery objectives.
Change management & vulnerability assessment (CIP-010): Baseline configuration, change control and scheduled vulnerability scans.
Information protection (CIP-011): BCSI classification, encryption and media sanitization.
Supply chain risk (CIP-013): Vendor assessments, procurement clauses, and software integrity checks.
Control center communications (CIP-012) & Internal monitoring (CIP-015): Encryption, integrity, and internal traffic monitoring (including east-west).
Each section in the checklist includes required evidence, suggested frequencies, and impact-level priorities so you can assign owners and track status through to completion.
Why download this checklist - what you get immediately
Vorfallzusammenfassung & Klassifizierung: Definieren Sie klar die Vorfalltypen wie Malware, unautorisierter Zugriff, Gerätekompromittierung usw. mit Schweregraden, die an die operationale Auswirkung angepasst sind.
Operational tasks, not theory: Action items map to everyday engineering and security processes (e.g., “create historian replica in DMZ” rather than vague policy statements).
Audit-ready evidence prompts: For each control we list the artifacts auditors expect: signatures, logs, configuration snapshots, and test results.
Prioritized roadmap: Triage guidance shows which actions reduce the highest operational and compliance risk if you’re resource-constrained.
Board-friendly KPIs: Pre-built metrics (MTTD, recovery RTO, percent assets inventoried, vendor session coverage) to communicate progress in business terms.
Key takeaways for CISOs and operations leaders
Visibility is the foundation. You can’t secure what you don’t see. Asset discovery + authoritative CMDB mapping = the single biggest uplift in compliance and security.
Segment to reduce blast radius. Proper ESP/DMZ design and deny-by-default rules prevent simple campaigns from becoming cascading outages.
Vendor access is high risk - treat it as such. Enforce jump hosts, time-bound credentials, session recording and pre/post maintenance audit packages.
Monitoring must be internal and OT-aware. CIP-015 requires east-west visibility; use protocol-aware sensors and baselining tuned to operational cycles.
Recovery > perfection. Emphasize tested backups, immutable snapshots, and rehearsed recovery playbooks. Rapid, safe restoration is the ultimate compliance proof point.
How Shieldworkz helps you operationalize the checklist
Shieldworkz pairs deep OT domain expertise with pragmatic delivery so CISOs can convert checklist items into measurable outcomes:
Discovery pilots (7-21 days): Passive collection points and an authoritative heatmap of BES Cyber Systems, prioritized by impact.
Gap-to-roadmap translation: We convert assessment findings into a 90/180/365 day remediation plan with owners, acceptance criteria and budget estimates.
IDMZ & monitoring design: Deploy secure demilitarized zones, session recording jump hosts, and OT-aware detection tuned for your operational cadence.
Supply-chain & vendor programs: Contract language, SBOM ingestion templates, and vendor vetting processes tailored for CIP obligations.
Incident readiness and exercises: CIP-aligned playbooks, tabletop drills and simulated recovery runs with plant operators and control engineers.
Managed monitoring & reporting: Ongoing OT telemetry, custom dashboards for executives, and compliance packaging ready for auditors.
Deliverables: PTW templates, TCA SOP, bastion configuration pack, backup/restore scripts, training materials, a site-specific 90-day roadmap, and a leadership dashboard showing KPIs (inventory coverage, vendor session recording rate, MTTD for maintenance anomalies).
Take action now: Make CIP work for your grid
Download the Shieldworkz NERC CIP Compliance Checklist to get an operational, audit-ready program you can assign and execute this quarter. When you’re ready, book a scoping call with our OT specialists to run a discovery pilot and produce your prioritized 90-day action plan.
Fill out the form on this page to download the checklist and schedule a complimentary 30-minute scoping call with a Shieldworkz OT expert - no obligation, just practical next steps to strengthen reliability and compliance.
Laden Sie noch heute Ihre Kopie herunter!
Get our free NERC CIP Compliance Checklist for CISOs and make sure you’re covering every critical control in your industrial network
