Technical Talk with RF
ReliabilityFirst (RF) offers a regularly scheduled monthly call to provide entities and stakeholders with a forum for addressing topics and questions relevant to reliability, resilience and security.
While RF Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) will provide presentations and updates, they will not address entity-specific questions and issues. These types of questions can be handled offline by using the RF Assist Visit program. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mike Hughes, Entity Engagement Manager, 216-503-0617.
Event Information
October 2026 Technical Talk with RF
Monday, Oct. 26, 2026, 2 p.m. ET
Join link: https://reliabilityfirst.webex.com/reliabilityfirst/j.php?MTID=ma48253b8833db30b226cffdef88ceefd
Meeting number: 2310 065 4509
Meeting password: 0123456 (0123456 when dialing from a phone or video system)
Join by phone: 1-650-479-3207 Call-in toll number (US/Canada)
Access code: 231 006 54509
Please join us on Slido.com using #TechTalkRF as the event code
Agenda
Supply chain bulk power system impacts from Executive Order 14421
Patrick Miller, President and CEO, Ampyx Cyber
Executive Order 14421 introduces a new layer of supply chain risk considerations for the bulk power system, extending beyond traditional NERC CIP Reliability Standard boundaries. Patrick Miller will discuss what has changed, where the requirements may overlap or diverge, and what utilities should be watching as implementation takes shape.
How Cyber Decoys can strengthen detection and response
Ron Ross, Senior Reliability Consultant, and David Sopata, Principal Reliability Consultant, Entity Engagement, RF
Ron Ross and David Sopata will discuss the concept of Cyber Decoys from CISA and how they could potentially be used to enhance cyber security detection and response capabilities. They will outline how they are commonly used and how they may or may not fit into an organization’s CIP program and/or CIP-015 (Cyber Security – Internal Network Security Monitoring) strategy.