PSCC S16 SG Meeting Notes - Application of IDS and IPS to Electric Power Systems - 2021/09/02

Sep 11, 2026

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Meeting minutes for the PSCC S16 SG at Webex, chaired by Eugenio Carvalheira and recorded by Eric Thibodeau on September 2, 2021. The agenda covers call to order, introductions and quorum, informal patent and copyright items, and agenda/minutes status. Discussions recap prior May meeting progress, define the desired direction toward a report/tutorial, and propose scope for IDS/IPS in electric power systems, including substation LAN challenges, detection/prevention methods, alarm handling, remote access policy, IoT and microgrids considerations, and relevant OT standards. The next meeting timing is noted.

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CALL TO ORDER

INTRODUCTIONS AND QUORUM

CALL FOR PATENTS

CHAIR’S REMARKS

AGENDA APPROVAL

APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

RECAP OF THE LAST MEETING

PRESENTATION

DISCUSSION ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF THE STUDY GROUP

TIME OF FINAL ADJOURNMENT

NEXT FACE TO FACE MEETINGS

| PSCC S16 SG Meeting Notes | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Designation: S16 | | Name:
Application of IDS and IPS to Electric Power Systems | | | | | | | | | | Meeting Location:
Webex | | | Meeting Time:
11:00AM EST | | Meeting Date:
2021/09/02 | Minutes Revised:
-- | | Minutes Approved: 2021/09/21 | | | | PAR Output: N/A | PAR Output: | | PAR Approval Date: N/A | | PAR Expiration Date: N/A | Target Sponsor Ballot Date:
N/A | | Target Completion Date: N/A | | | | Presiding Officer:
Eugenio Carvalheira, Chair | | | | | Recorded by:
Eric Thibodeau | | Draft Number: | | | | | Attendance: | | | | | | | | | | | | Name Affiliation | | | | | | | Attending via Phone (P) / Web
(W) or Local (L) M/CM/G | | | | | Jason Lombardo | | | | S&C | | | | | W | M | | Mickey Schultz | | | | Black and Veatch | | | | | W | M | | Sakis Meliopoulos | | | | GA Tech | | | | | W | M | | Priyanka Nadkar | | | | SEL | | | | | W | M | | Gayle Nelms | | | | SEL | | | | | W | M | | James Bougie | | | | Global Power Technologies | | | | | W | M | | Eugenio Carvalheira | | | | OMICRON | | | | | W | M | | Shane Haveron | | | | Ametek | | | | | W | M | | Colin Gordon | | | | SEL | | | | | W | M | | Steel McCreery | | | | OMICRON | | | | | W | M | | Eric Thibodeau | | | | Hydro-Quebec | | | | | W | M | | | | | | | | | | | | | | M:Member
CM: Corresponding Member
G: Guest | | | | | | | | | | | | Item no. | Notes | Action by | | --- | --- | --- | | CALL TO ORDER | Called to order at 11:05 EST by Eugenio Carvalheira. | | | INTRODUCTIONSAND QUORUM | 11 attendees to the meeting | | | CALL FOR PATENTS | Informal meeting, no slides shown | | | COPYRIGHT SLIDES | Informal meeting, no slides shown | | | CHAIR’S REMARKS | No remarks | | | AGENDA APPROVAL | Informal meeting, no agenda shown | | | APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES | Informal meeting, no minutes approved | | | Item no. | Notes | Action by | | --- | --- | --- | | RECAP OF THE LAST MEETING | Eugenio recaps the discussions from the last meeting, going through the May meeting minutes.
Consensus was that we were not close to a standard yet, but there is room for exploration leading to a technical report.
For the next meeting, we must reach out to vendors of IDS solutions to help with this effort. Example of vendors that could be interested in our group (member that will contact them in parentheses) :
• Nozomi (Eric)
• Dragos (Mickey)
• VMWare Carbon Black (Mickey)
• PaloAlto (Mickey)
• Netnix (Mickey)
• Clarity (?)
• Fortinet (Eugenio) | | | PRESENTATION | Steel McCreery gives a presentation about IDSes.
• Challenges of substation LANS
• IT vs OT security priorities
• Substation attack vectors
• What is an IDS | | | DISCUSSION ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF
THE STUDY GROUP | Eugenio reminds that at the last meeting, the group was inclined to go towards a task force that will output a report. This report should be more of a tutorial report than a technical one. Like an academic survey of what exists.
Proposed report title: Systems for Preventing and Detecting Network Intrusions in Electric Power Systems
Brainstorm for scope:
• IDS
• IPS
• Explore the different existing methods to perform detection
• Also methods for preventing intrusion
• Exclude the prevention concepts already well covered like firewalls, diodes, etc…
• Issues that may arise during legit but unusual events
o Temporary access (e.g. firewall configuration change)
o Maintenance work
o Firmware updates
o Controls on temporary equipment (e.g. emergency busbar)
• Remote access policy
• IoT – devices calling back home for software updates
• Microgrids / renewable energy → increases need for interconnection, increases surface of a

FAQs

Who chaired and who recorded the PSCC S16 SG meeting?

The meeting was chaired by Eugenio Carvalheira, and recorded by Eric Thibodeau.

What date and time was the meeting held?

The meeting was held on 2021/09/02 with the time listed as 11:00AM EST; it was called to order at 11:05 EST and adjourned at 12:32 EST.

What report direction and scope were discussed for IDS/IPS in electric power systems?

Participants discussed outputting a tutorial-style report (an academic survey of what exists) with scope covering IDS, IPS, detection methods, intrusion prevention methods, relevant event edge cases, remote access policy, IoT update callbacks, and microgrid/renewable interconnection considerations, plus alarm handling and OT standards.

Sep 11, 2026

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