For US Electric, Water + Gas Utilities
The grid is now a target, both for the hacker probing inside your control network and for the attacker cutting fences at a critical substation, and the regulators have answered with hard deadlines you cannot miss. The federal auditor keeps flagging the same gaps year after year: third parties you delegated work to but never watched, monitoring that stops at the perimeter, assets miscategorized. Most utilities track all of this in separate spreadsheets, one per regulator, which is exactly how a May deadline becomes a September incident. RiskWatch puts electric, water, and gas on one platform, so leadership sees a single readiness score and the next audit produces evidence, not panic.
In plain terms: RiskWatch is one system that tracks every security and compliance requirement an electric, water, or gas utility answers for, and shows leadership a single readiness score. It replaces the separate spreadsheets each regulator's program lives in today.
Trusted by US investor-owned + municipal + cooperative utilities covering electric transmission, water distribution, natural gas, and multi-sector operations.
Why Utility CISOs Pick RiskWatch
RiskWatch puts every security and compliance requirement an electric, water, or gas utility answers for in one place, scored against one shared set of controls, with a single readiness score for leadership. A single vulnerability in your operational network shows up everywhere it matters at once, so you stop re-entering the same finding into three programs. The deadlines that used to live in scattered spreadsheets sit on one calendar, routed to the owner who has to close them. When the federal auditor arrives, the evidence package exports on demand instead of taking weeks to assemble. (Covers all 14 NERC CIP standards, EPA AWIA, and TSA pipeline directives on one library.)
Perimeter logs miss the attacker moving laterally inside your control network, which is exactly the gap auditors now ask about. RiskWatch tracks that internal monitoring coverage per system, high and medium impact split out, plugged into the OT detection tools you already run (Dragos, Nozomi, Claroty). (CIP-015 internal network security monitoring, not just CIP-005 perimeter.)
Low-impact protections, pipeline directive renewals, water assessment recertifications, and monitoring expansions stop competing for attention in separate trackers. One calendar, one routing path to the program owner who has to close each item. (CIP-003-9, TSA SD-2021-02F renewal, AWIA RRA recertification, and the CIP-015-2 modification, sector-aligned.)
The audit finding that keeps repeating is a utility that hands its program to a contractor and never checks the work. RiskWatch keeps vendor tasks, service-level commitments, attestation cadence, and compensating-control evidence in the same workflow as the requirement they cover, so oversight is provable. (Closes the FERC FY2025 third-party oversight pattern.)
The Utility Risk Landscape
Bulk electric system, water distribution, and natural gas pipelines all live under expanding cyber mandates. ICS incidents are climbing year over year. FERC audits keep finding the same gaps, third-party oversight, cloud documentation, DER miscategorization. CIP-015 INSM is the next audit target.
Three Domains, One Platform
RiskWatch covers all three. Each domain has a dedicated workflow, scoring model, and remediation queue. They share data so a single OT vulnerability appears everywhere it matters: in your CIP-013 vendor register, your AWIA RRA, and your TSA cybersecurity assessment.
Survey-based risk assessment across BES Cyber Systems, water distribution control, and pipeline cybersecurity, scored against ISO 31000 and CIP-002 categorization.
All 14 NERC CIP standards, EPA AWIA RRA + ERP, and TSA SD-2021-02 pipeline cybersecurity in a single audit-ready system.
CIP-005 ESP perimeter + CIP-015 INSM east-west detection + CIP-014 critical substation physical security in one cyber posture.
CIP-015-1 · INSM Spotlight
CIP-015-1 was approved September 2, 2025. High-impact control centers must comply within 36 months of FERC approval. CIP-015-2 (in NERC's 2025-02 standards project) extends scope to electronic access control and monitoring systems (EACMS) and physical access control systems (PACS) by September 1, 2026. The INSM tracker maintains coverage per BES Cyber System with high vs medium impact split, surfaces gaps quarterly, and integrates with OT-native platforms (Dragos, Nozomi, Claroty) and operational SIEMs.
Multi-Sector Spotlight
Multi-sector utilities, especially municipal and cooperative providers running electric + water + gas, face overlapping mandates that no single-framework tool surfaces. CIP-003-9 became enforceable April 1. The TSA SD-2021-02F renewal cycle hit May 2. EPA AWIA RRA recertification lands June 30. CIP-015-2 NERC modification follows September 1. The deadline stack is one regulatory calendar, one evidence vault, one routing path, sector-aware.
Assessment data used to live in spreadsheets across generation, transmission, and distribution sites. After consolidating into the platform, time-per-assessment dropped 74%, and the report that used to take 20 hours to write now downloads on completion. NERC CIP-014 compliance went from a quarterly scramble to an inline output of the work, with auditable evidence for 3rd-party reviews already in place.
The Coverage Gap
EMS/SCADA vendors handle operations. Generic GRC platforms support 40+ frameworks but none specifically. Specialty NERC CIP tools cover the bulk electric system but not water or gas. Pipeline tools track TSA but not CIP. Each does one job. Multi-sector utility teams still operate three parallel spreadsheet programs.
| Platform Category | NERC CIP | CIP-015 INSM | EPA AWIA | TSA SD-2021-02 | OT/IT Unified | FERC Audit Trail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMS / SCADA VendorsGE Vernova, ABB, Siemens | Partial | · | · | · | Partial | Partial |
| Generic GRC PlatformsServiceNow GRC, Archer | Partial | · | Partial | Partial | Partial | Yes |
| Specialty NERC CIP ToolsIndustrial Defender, OSI | Yes | Partial | · | · | Partial | Yes |
| OT Detection VendorsDragos, Nozomi, Claroty | Partial | Yes | · | · | · | · |
| Pipeline ComplianceABS Group, Energy Solutions | · | · | · | Yes | · | Partial |
| Spreadsheets & Email | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| RiskWatchThe unified platform | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RiskWatch is the only platform covering all six utility regulatory + cyber domains: NERC CIP, CIP-015 INSM east-west, EPA AWIA, TSA SD-2021-02, OT/IT unified evidence, and FERC-audit-ready trails. EMS vendors handle operations. OT detection covers east-west but not compliance. Specialty CIP tools cover electric but not water or gas. Each does one job. RiskWatch unifies all six in one survey-based assessment workflow.
How It Works
RiskWatch is a survey-based assessment platform. The work is structured around questionnaires that capture OT/IT cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and 3rd-party oversight signals in a consistent format, then scored against the framework you align to.
For multi-sector utilities, that workflow runs continuously across electric + water + gas concurrently per facility. A NERC CIP assessment captures BES Cyber System categorization, ESP perimeter, INSM east-west, supply-chain risk. An AWIA RRA captures water-system threats and resilience controls. A TSA SD assessment captures pipeline cybersecurity outcomes.
The same platform runs all three, surfaces gaps before FERC audit, assigns remediation owners, and tracks completion. Replace the three parallel spreadsheet programs without ripping out your EMS or your OT detection stack.
Built For Your Role
Owns OT + IT cyber posture, NERC CIP compliance, ransomware defense, and FERC-audit readiness across the enterprise.
One control library covering CIP + AWIA + TSA. FERC-audit packages exported on demand, not assembled in panic.Owns all 14 CIP standards, evidence collection, vendor 3rd-party oversight, and regional entity audit response.
CIP-002 through CIP-015 in one library. Evidence vault with retention metadata. R1/R2/R3 packaged for the audit window.Owns ICS/SCADA hardening, INSM coverage, BCS asset inventory, and OT-native detection integrations.
INSM tracker with high vs medium impact split. Dragos, Nozomi, and Claroty feeds in the same evidence vault.Owns AWIA Risk + Resilience Assessment, EPA cybersecurity sanitary survey, ERP, and incident reporting.
AWIA RRA workflow ready day 1. Same OT/IT controls feed AWIA scoring, no duplicate work.Owns TSA SD-2021-02 implementation, designated cybersecurity coordinator role, and incident reporting to TSA.
TSA SD mapped to same control library as NERC CIP. One assessment scores both regulators simultaneously.Owns regional entity (RE) coordination, audit logistics, and self-report disclosures for noncompliance.
Audit logistics in one calendar. Self-report workflow with mitigating-action evidence captured at the moment of detection.Built For Your Segment
Multi-state CIP programs with EACMS, PACS, BCSI, and 3rd-party oversight tracked across FERC and state PUC audits.
Resource-constrained CIP programs run by lean teams. The same platform that covers electric also covers water + gas without three vendor licenses.
Coordinator-level CIP-003 + CIP-014 obligations, with member-utility delegated tasks tracked through the vendor + 3rd-party register.
Low-impact BCS protections (CIP-003-9), DER aggregation tracking, transient cyber asset controls, and supply-chain risk in one program.
AWIA RRA + ERP for community water systems, EPA cybersecurity sanitary survey readiness, and OT/IT control unification with electric programs.
TSA SD-2021-02 implementation, cybersecurity coordinator role, incident reporting workflow, and PHMSA/DOT alignment for hazardous-liquid lines.
Standards & Frameworks
Generic GRC tools were built for office IT and warehouses. RiskWatch was built for OT/IT convergence and the FERC audit that follows your next CIP-015 cycle.
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