The Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Evidence Request Tool (ERT) v9.0 was released by NERC on January 24, 2025. The CIP Evidence Request Tool is used by MRO staff during audit engagements to request CIP evidence. You can download a copy of the CIP Evidence Request Tool here. Included in the template package is the ERT, the User Guide, and a list of MRO specific changes made to the NERC version of the ERT.

MRO’s changes to the ERT are purely administrative to help aid the audit process. To see all the changes made to the ERT in this version, see the “CIP Evidence Request Tool Release Notes” linked here.

– Elliot Weishaar, MRO CIP Compliance Engineer