What is a requirement under CIP-007 R5?

The requirement under CIP-007 R5 specifically addresses the need to monitor security events within the systems managing critical infrastructure. This aspect of the standard emphasizes the importance of maintaining visibility into the security status of systems by tracking and responding to potential security-related activities.

Monitoring security events enables organizations to detect anomalies or unauthorized access attempts in real-time, facilitating quicker responses to incidents. This requirement is part of an overall strategy to ensure that entities maintain the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of their critical infrastructure.

Conducting access control measures, while important, is actually covered more extensively under different sections of the NERC CIP standards. Implementing security patching and ensuring system configuration also fall outside the specific focus of CIP-007 R5. Therefore, the primary focus of CIP-007 R5 on monitoring aligns with ensuring that security incidents are identified and addressed promptly to protect critical infrastructure assets.