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Today's Spotlight on Grid Security brings a more in-depth look at the way utilities are working to address cybersecurity on a distributed grid, hardening against natural disasters and training utility workers. We spoke with companies and with cybersecurity experts to highlight the trends in this sector, based on the growing threat of sophisticated cyberattacks, devastating natural disasters and other physical threats.
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Iulia Gheorgiu
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Twitter | E-mail News and Trends Deep Dive As the Internet of Things merges with grid edge technology, experts say the power sector is both more vulnerable and more secure. |
Deep Dive Utilities are taking measures to address those physical threats, but the number of outages has been slowly creeping up, as has the number of people affected. |
Deep Dive Companies in the utility sector are beginning to prioritize cybersecurity in the same way that they focus on worker safety. |
Deep Dive From natural disasters to cyberattacks, utilities face many threats — the key, according to one Southern California Edison official, is to focus on the most likely events. |
Deep Dive California, Illinois and Texas are at the top, according to the latest GridWise survey, with Rhode Island, Colorado and Washington showing the biggest improvement over the prior rankings. |
Deep Dive None of the utilities participating in the exercise turned to vendors for help or information. But utility industry officials say the relationship with their suppliers remains tight. |
Featured Resources Learn what cybersecurity threats are emerging from the new digital landscape and how to take a defense-in-depth approach to secure a utility’s communication infrastructure. Download the whitepaper → |
With IT/OT convergence in full swing utilities feel especially unprepared to manage the shift in cybersecurity risks. Read the article → |
As data privacy becomes a concern, the burden to protect and preserve data integrity falls onto utility companies. Access the blog post → |
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