NERC Advises Industry on Cyber Assets

So, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation took the bold step of recommending that energy companies take a comprehensive look at how they identify critical cyber assets -Before Grid Hack Reports, NERC Advises Industry on Cyber Assets

It seems to me that if they haven't even identified these assets then they have a long way to go before they can actually defend them. Let's hope the government gets involved and really forces the operators to start working on security.

Here is a list of articles relating to the infiltration of the power grid:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123914805204099085.html
http://fcw.com/Articles/2009/04/08/FERC-needs-to-step-up-oversight-to-safeguard-grid.aspx
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090408_1423.php
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/08/AR2009040803904_pf.html
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/08/grid.threat/index.html
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Before-Grid-Hack-Reports-NERC-Advises-Industry-on-Cyber-Assets-479748/

And the letter from NERC - http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/CIP-002-Identification-Letter-040609.pdf