In 2013, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved changes and additions to Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards, also known as CIP v5, which are a set of requirements for securing the assets responsible for operating the bulk power system. CIP is just one of 14 mandatory North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) standards that are subject to enforcement in the U.S. The firms that help the responsible entities achieve CIP compliance aren’t widely known to the public.”]