1. CIPC Executive Committee Update
CIPC Confidentiality:
Public Release
CIPC Executive Committee Update
CIPC Meeting
Mesa AZ
March 16, 2006
Barry Lawson
CIPC Vice-Chair

2. CIPC Executive Committee Activities
Participated in Jan 19/06 PCIS meeting
Discussed issues re: draft NIPP with new DHS Under Secretary George Foresman
Frank and open discussion re: issues such as National Asset Data Base, risk assessment methodology, need for flexibility within each sector
General sense that DHS is listening to private sector concerns, and that NIPP will be moderated somewhat from previous versions

3. CIPC Executive Committee Activities
NIPP-related actions
Asked Risk Assessment WG to assess CIPC risk assessment methodologies for suitability against NIPP criteria (ref. Risk Assessment Methodologies for Use by the Electricity Sector)
Successful discussions with DOE re: private sector concerns, hopefully will be addressed in Sector-Specific Plan
Final NIPP expected May 1
Sector-Specific Plans expected 6 months later

4. CIPC Executive Committee Activities
Plan to meet with Government Coordinating Council (GCC) late April/early May
Discuss how best to contribute to DOE’s development of the Sector-Specific Plan
Briefing by DHS of HITRAC’s Electricity sector threat assessment, will determine value of briefing at June CIPC meeting
Discuss ESCC-GCC role with “Roadmap to Secure Control Systems in the Energy Sector”
Review process to change current ES threat level, and consider lowering from Yellow to Blue for the electricity sector
Develop electricity sector goals and metrics

5. CIPC Executive Committee Activities
Confidentiality and information-sharing
PCII policy document near-final development by DHS legal counsel – expected to be released in “reasonably near future”
FACA issues for PCIS and SCC/GCCs under final review. Recommendation expected “soon” by DHS Secretary