Earth connection of communication equipment (indoor and outdoor) shall be done in accordance with the norms of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)-1100, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)-80 or the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS):3043, as per the applicability.
12. Lightning and surge protection. (1) Protection against lightning and electric surge shall be provided as per International Electro-Technical Commission (IEC) 61000-4-5 and compliant to relevant parts of IS/IEC 62305, as per the applicability.
(2) The resistibility of communication equipment installed against over voltage and over current shall be as per International Telecommunications Union Telecommunication (ITU-T)-K 20 recommendations.
13. Safety and testing. (1) Owner of communication equipment shall be responsible for the safety of its equipment installed.
(2) Testing shall be carried out as and when the communication equipment is replaced or upgraded to conform the compliance to these standards.
14. Cyber security. (1) All users and control centres connected to the communication system shall have robust programs in place to adequately and continuously manage cyber security risks that could have adversely impact power system communications infrastructure.
(2) The cyber security program shall address the following, namely: -
(a) compliance with provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000) and National Cyber Security Policy, 2013 as amended from time to time;
(b) implementation of the National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre (NCIIPC) Guidelines;
(c) implementation of guidelines and advisories issued by Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT India) and applicable Sectoral Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT); and
(d) compliance to the Central Electricity Authority (Cyber Security) Regulations, as and when they come into force.