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Curtis Marquardt

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Sponsored Webinar Shooter Detection Systems

Guarding the Grid with Modern Gunshot Detection Technology

| Curtis Marquardt |

Utility Security
MARCH 20, 2025 @ 1PM ET

Guarding the Grid with Modern Gunshot Detection Technology

Which will include:

  • Minimizing organizational risk with gunshot detection
  • Effective internal promotion of gunshot detection technology
  • Planning and conducting active shooter exercises with gunshot detection
  • Understanding the mechanisms and benefits of modern gunshot detection systems
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Curtis

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

| Curtis Marquardt |
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 experience that a launch is no easy feat. […]
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Vicky Turner

Five Questions with Utility Technology Association President Vicky Wilson Turner

| Curtis Marquardt |
Ahead of Utility Security magazine attending the Utility Technology Association’s (UTA) annual conference earlier this year in October, we had a chance to speak with the organization’s president to learn more about the UTA, their annual event and what cybersecurity concerns are shaping their members’ discussions and efforts.   Can you tell our readers about […]
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5 Questions with Utility Security Expert & Author Ross Johnson

| Curtis Marquardt |
1. When it comes to the terrorist threat, what are the greatest misconceptions about how they think and operate? There has been a lot of evolution in terrorist threats in the past fifty years. Earlier hierarchical terrorist organizations have given way to loose affiliations bound together by ideology and the internet. Today, they are not […]
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Security Moves Pretty Fast. Don’t Miss It!

| Curtis Marquardt |
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 fresh eyes and […]
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Regulation Turmoil Ahead?

| Curtis Marquardt |
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the decades-old case often referred to as Chevron deference—setting the stage for potential impactful changes to federal agency regulations that utilities must adhere to for current and future cybersecurity regulations. The original 1984 ruling of Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council required federal […]
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Green Protection: Two Perspectives on How to Effectively Plan and Implement a Security Strategy for Renewable Energy Sources 

| Curtis Marquardt |
Whether it’s solar, geothermal, wind or hydro, utilities are implementing more renewable energy generation sources than ever before. But with their rapid march toward these green energy sources come some new and distinct security challenges.  To learn about what risks to consider and strategies to implement, I had a conversation with Idaho National Laboratory’s Emma […]
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Homeland Security Conference Provides Attendees with New Insights to Threats

| Curtis Marquardt |
As threats increase in size, scope and variety for security professionals, it can feel like the thermostat is turned up for all to feel the increased heat that comes with addressing those threats. So, as attendees arrived in the hot summer Miami Beach sun to attend the Homeland Security Conference this July, the local weather […]
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The Unseen Battleground: Defending Utilities in a New Age of Threats

| Curtis Marquardt |
I saw a video on social media recently that posed the question of whether we are already fighting World War III; the video suggested that most people do not realize such a thing could be happening because the warfare has changed to different stratagems and battlegrounds than those used in the past. Instead of tanks, […]
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Know your Diamonds from your pencils

Know Your Diamonds from Your Pencils: Talking All Things Physical Security with SERC’s Travis Moran

| Curtis Marquardt |
Curtis Marquardt Jr.: Can you tell our readers more about your background and what you do for SERC Reliability Corporation.? Travis Moran: I began my career in law enforcement, first as an analyst with Interpol. After several years, I joined the U.S. State Department as a special agent, where I served for six-and-a-half years. I […]
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