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Substation Security Challenges: Conducting Threat Assessments

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SOLUTIONS FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY LEADERS & DECISION MAKERS

An Insightful Interview with a Utility Security Professional

FROM THE GROUND UP TO NEW HEIGHTS: Talking Cloud-Based Physical Security Strategies & Solutions with Sonoma County Water Agency’s Corey Jahn

Utility Security’s Editor-in-Chief Curtis Marquardt Jr. recently sat down to talk with Sonoma County Water Agency’s Corey Jahn. The two talked about Jahn taking on the role of building a physical security solution from scratch, how to get organizational buy-in, implementing cloud-based security solutions and how cameras and AI can be used to track the […]

One of the Industry’s Biggest Events is Bigger in 2025 and Has Expanded its Utility-Specific Education and Events

Go West: ISC West 2025 Preview

Last year, I went to ISC West—the nation’s leading converged security trade show—for the first time ever, and let’s just say I felt a tad unprepared by just how massive of a security event it is. To put it simply, there’s a big difference between reading that the event draws nearly 30,000 total industry professionals and actually seeing with my own eyes swarms upon swarms of security professionals buzzing and navigating through the halls of the Venetian. It’s a security spectacle unlike any other I have seen—and one that I found to be especially valuable to my efforts to grow my connecti…

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Utility Security Magazine Asks 5 Vital Questions to an Industry Expert

Five Questions with ALCEA North America’s Managing Director Jerry Burns

Sign of the Times: Using Federal Law to Help Deter Substation Attacks

Plan Your Path to Security Success: How Strategic, Tactical & Operational Planning are Essential to Creating a Strong Security Posture

President Eisenhower, the five-star general who commanded the largest invasion in history during World War II, stated, “In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is essential.” This philosophy directly relates to utility security for two reasons: Est…

Will Your Critical Substation Survive an Attack (Part Two)

Ross Johnson Continues His Series on Substation Security with an Exploration into How to Develop a Valid Scenario that Helps You Plan to Stop Unacceptable Consequences In the previous issue, we asked how you would know if your critical substation would survive an attack. (It might be a good idea to go back and re-read the column in the November 2024 issue of Utility Security magazine. You can rea…

Securing Utility OT Networks: Best Practices and Strategies

Stacy Mill’s First Utility Security Magazine Contribution Provides a Roadmap to Better OT Security Welcome to my first article in Utility Security magazine! It’s an honor to contribute to this community of professionals working to protect critical infrastructure. In this space, I’ll offer insights into the current threat landscape facing utilities, share practical advice on securing operational t…

It’s the End of the Year As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

What a year it has been! We here at Utility Security magazine are proud of the year one success of this publication. After 20 years serving the utility industry with our safety publication, Incident Prevention magazine, and our fleet management publication, Utility Fleet Professional, we know from…

Security Moves Pretty Fast. Don’t Miss It!

About 18 months ago, we began our process of creating Utility Security magazine. And as we gear up to attend the Global Security Exchange (GSX) conference this September in Orlando, Florida, it made me think back to last year’s GSX and how it was the very first security event I attended. With fr…

The Past, Present & Future are All Here for You to Succeed

One of my favorite books is Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. And in that book is one of my favorite quotes: “Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.” Every day, the world is growing more comple…