NERC CIP readiness, tracked site by site and control by control
SecurityGate.io runs your CIP assessments across substations, generation sites and control centers, keeps the evidence with each answer, and tracks every gap until it is fixed and validated. The audit stops being a scramble.
| Applies to | Registered entities on the North American bulk electric system |
|---|---|
| Assessment content | NERC CIP question sets within a library of 3,000+ controls |
| Evidence | Attached to the control it supports |
| Gaps | Assigned, tracked, validated before closing |
| Assessment time | 2 hours, down from 40+ (vendor figure) |
Where CIP programs lose time and evidence
NERC CIP compliance is mandatory for registered entities, and violations can carry penalties that reach seven figures per violation, per day. Most programs are sound on paper. They struggle in the day-to-day work of proving it.
Evidence lives in too many places
Screenshots on shared drives, answers in spreadsheets and approvals in email. Rebuilding the trail before an audit takes weeks.
Sites are assessed inconsistently
Each substation or plant is reviewed by a different person, in a different year, with a different template, so results cannot be compared.
Findings go quiet
Gaps identified in an internal review are agreed in a meeting, then never tracked to a verified fix.
Suppliers sit outside the process
CIP-013 makes supply chain risk your responsibility, but vendor answers rarely land in the same system as your own.
Mapping the CIP standards to the platform
The table shows how the major CIP standards map to what SecurityGate.io tracks. Scope depends on your impact ratings; your compliance team confirms the final mapping.
| Standard | Topic | What the platform records |
|---|---|---|
| CIP-002 | BES Cyber System categorization | Asset and site inventory with impact rating, as the basis for scope |
| CIP-003 | Security management controls | Policy and program questions with owner and evidence |
| CIP-004 | Personnel and training | Training and access review status per site |
| CIP-005 | Electronic security perimeters | Perimeter and remote access controls, with gaps tracked |
| CIP-007 | System security management | Patching, ports and services, malware prevention answers |
| CIP-008, CIP-009 | Incident response and recovery | Plan existence, testing and lessons-learned evidence |
| CIP-010 | Configuration change management | Baseline and change control questions per asset group |
| CIP-013 | Supply chain risk management | Supplier assessments collected on the same platform |
| All | Board and regulator view | Readiness by site, with open remediation items and owners |
Standard names per NERC. The right-hand column shows how CIP assessment answers are organized on the platform; confirm specific question coverage during your review.
From a gap to a validated fix, on the record
Every CIP gap becomes a remediation item with an owner, a due date and a thread of feedback that stays with it. A fix is only closed after validation, so the record shows not just that something was planned, but that it was done.
An open API connects remediation to the ticketing tools your operations team already uses, and integrations such as Tenable bring vulnerability data in without retyping it.
Used across the energy sector
| Largest US energy producers working with SecurityGate.io | Nearly 60%, per the company |
| Assessment time | 2 hours instead of 40+ with spreadsheets |
| Program rollout | 1 month instead of 6 |
| Hosting and access | AWS, two-factor login, encryption by default, optional customer-managed keys |
| Built for | Operational technology, not adapted from IT |
Source: securitygate.io, September 2026.
What your IT provider does on a CIP program
Scope and set up
your IT provider loads your sites and impact ratings, selects the CIP question sets that apply, and aligns owners with your compliance team.
Run and follow through
your IT provider runs the first assessments alongside your engineers, then reviews open remediation items with you on a regular cadence ahead of audits.
Know your CIP gaps before the audit notice arrives
A readiness review shows where evidence is missing and which remediation items are still open.
NERC standard names per NERC. Vendor figures per securitygate.io, September 2026.
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