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Paranoid, or Cautious? 2017 Predictions for Grid Security

Homeland Security Today: As we close out 2016 and collectively look forward to a breath of fresh air in 2017, it seems appropriate to pause a moment and provide some grid security predictions for the new year. Predictions based on trends, insight and knowledge can arm security programs with the advanced understanding needed to wisely upgrade policies, test systems and appropriately spend money on future mitigations. Physical and cybersecurity investments for the power grid are not going away anytime soon, so let’s break out the crystal ball and dig a little deeper into where the utility industry is headed.

While most people were watching the Olympics this past summer, monitoring 24-hour news channels for political updates this fall and canvasing the malls of America during the holidays, utility professionals were hard at work readying their North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) programs for compliance.

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