Chapter 5

National verification schemes

The national verification scheme may be based on an inspection carried out by the competent authority, independent security audits, or on mutual peer reviews by critical-impact entities in the same Member State supervised by the competent authority.

The staff performing the peer review, audit or inspection shall have demonstrable knowledge of:

  1. cybersecurity in the electricity sector;

  2. cybersecurity management systems;

  3. the principles of auditing;

  4. cybersecurity risk assessment;

  5. the common electricity cybersecurity framework;

  6. the national legislative and regulatory framework and European and international standards in scope of the verification;

  7. the critical-impact processes in scope of the verification;tion scheme may be based on an inspection carried out by the competent authority, independent security audits, or on mutual peer reviews by critical-impact entities in the same Member State supervised by the competent authority.

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