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Developing a Cybersecurity Strategy for the Grid

To compete in today’s dynamic markets, power utilities are increasingly deploying IoT-based technologies and integrating their IT and operational technology (OT) networks. While these advances…
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Power Grid Hacking: US Government Condemns Russia

WASHINGTON – Russia is involved in U.S. Power Grid Hacking, nuclear facilities, water processing plants, aviation systems, and other critical infrastructure that millions of Americans…
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Adopting Smart Grid Standards

Utilize industry guidelines for modern and future technologies BY W. CHARLTON ADAMS JR., IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), Huawei Technologies A vision is coalescing worldwide of…
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Substation Security

Improve protection with a layered security approach BY ERIC BYRES, Belden Inc. An age-old joke in the North American power industry states that if Alexander…
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Trends in SCADA Security

The importance of up-to-date critical system monitoring BY MARLEE ROSEN, Rosen Associates Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) networks contain computers and applications that perform…
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Transmission Planning for Grid Security

Recent physical attacks on substations have heightened the industry’s awareness of the necessity for physical security of critical facilities on the bulk power system. The…
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Data Insecurities

Electric utility executives experience a number of headaches when it comes to data. Forbes reports that electric utilities possess 194 petabytes (that is, one million…
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Cyber Security Strategy is a Must-Have for AMI/MDMS and DA Systems

Over the past decade, utilities around the world have taken advantage of the many clear benefits that Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and subsequently Distribution Automation…
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Cybersecurity & Privacy Articles

Geomagnetic Disturbances: A Danger to the Power Grid

Geomagnetic Disturbances: A Danger to the Power Grid

In 1989, the Québec grid collapsed as equipment protection relays tripped in a cascading sequence…
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Respecting Customer Privacy

Respecting Customer Privacy

Achieving the gold standard in data protection for the Smart Grid BY ANN CAVOUKIAN, Ryerson…
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Zero-Trust Substations: How CIP Is Shifting from Perimeter Defense to Continuous Vendor and Supply-Chain Risk Management

Zero-Trust Substations: How CIP Is Shifting from Perimeter Defense to Continuous Vendor and Supply-Chain Risk Management

Utilities are rethinking cybersecurity. The zero-trust model replaces perimeter defense with continuous verification—of every device,…
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CIP Compliance Yields Security Complacency

CIP Compliance Yields Security Complacency

As the big push behind NERC CIP v5/v6 comes to some form of “conclusion”, most…
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Network Security

Network Security

Protecting sensitive customer and utility data BY JOHN CHOWDHURY, Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. Smart meters,…
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