IEEE Standards & Projects for Cybersecurity

Helping enable cybersecurity technologies for humanity.

IEEE SA is committed to cybersecurity standardization and offers a portfolio of standards and programs to address key aspects of the cybersecurity framework.

Featured Projects and Standards

IEEE 1547.3 Guide for Cybersecurity of Distributed Energy Resources Interconnected with Electric Power Systems
This document provides guidelines for Cybersecurity of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) interconnection with Electric Power Systems (EPS).
IEEE 1686 IEEE Draft Standard for Intelligent Electronic Devices Cyber Security Capabilities
This standard addresses security regarding the access, operation, configuration, firmware revision and data retrieval from an Intelligent Electronic Device (IED).
IEEE P2658 Guide for Cybersecurity Testing in Electric Power Systems
This document provides test guidance for cybersecurity controls used in electric power systems.
IEEE P2808 Standard for Function Designations used in Electrical Power Systems for Cyber Services and Cybersecurity
This standard applies to the definition of function designations for cyber-related services, and cybersecurity controls and measures used to detect, identify, protect from, respond to, and recover from, security threats to electric power systems.
IEEE P2968.2 Trial Use Recommended Practice for Decentralized Clinical Trials Threat Modeling, Cybersecurity, and Data Privacy
This recommended practice describes a set of minimum requirements and useful considerations that can be applied to threat modeling when assessing the cybersecurity and data privacy of protocol design and technology implementation for decentralized clinical trials.
IEEE P9274.4.2 Recommended Practice for Cybersecurity in the Implementation of the Experience Application Programming Interface (xAPI)
This recommended practice describes the technical implementation of cybersecurity for xAPI and includes information an implementer would find useful related to matters of best practice in privacy and security, and related matters in conformance and testing.

Programs & Communities

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Meta Issues in Cybersecurity

Addressing current limitations in cybersecurity approaches.

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Internet Technology Policy

Help ensure trustworthy technology solutions and best practices.

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Cyberethics and CyberPeace

Discuss the Cyberethics and CyberPeace concepts and guidelines.

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IEEE Cybersecurity & Privacy Standards Committee

Lead IEEE cybersecurity and privacy standardization.

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Additional Projects & Standards

IEEE Events & Podcasts

Workshop: Protecting Our Future From Cybersecurity Threats
14-15 November 2023 | Washington, DC
This FREE one and a half day Workshop will cover various topics highlighting the current state of affairs of Cybersecurity, why we need to protect our future from cybersecurity threats and why the current set of technologies fall short.

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Globally Connected Healthcare Cybersecurity Virtual Workshop Series
Available On-Demand
Delve into challenges and opportunities in connected healthcare security, privacy, ethics, trust and identity, including data and device validation and interoperability.

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Cybersecurity for Connected Healthcare Systems– A Global Perspective
Season 2 of the IEEE SA Voice Re-Think Health Podcast
Connected medical devices are a highly appealing target for cyberattacks due to the lucrative value of patient data and their vulnerability to being hacked. Global experts offer prescriptive approaches to patients’ privacy and data security.

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IEEE Whitepapers

IEEE Personal Healthcare Devices (PHD) Cybersecurity Standards Roadmap
Building common ground around cybersecurity in the PHD data exchange and defining an “information security toolbox” appropriate for the PHD data exchange standards

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Pre-Standards Workstream Report: Clinical IoT Data Validation and Interoperability with Blockchain
A draft TIPPSS (Trust, Identity, Privacy, Protection, Safety and Security) Architectural Framework for Clinical IoT data validation & interoperability

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