The final question in the 2011 survey requested information on vendor security certification requirements that utilities may have adopted since the previous study in 2008. In North America, only 11% of utilities in the sample had implemented such a program, but another 19% planned to require vendor security certification by year end 2013. Two thirds of the utilities have no plans for such vendor security certification.
North America Sample, 2011:
North America Sample, 2011:
Of the International utilities that answered this question in 2011, three out of twenty-one (14%) had implemented such a program, while another 33% plan to require vendor security certification by year end 2013. Almost half had no plans for such vendor security certification. Of the three out of twenty-one utilities with such a plan, all of them said it involved commissioning and maintenance processes; two said it involved product and service design, development and testing, and one indicated that their plan also involved organizational processes and disciplines.
International Sample, 2011:
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