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Curtis Marquardt

Curtis Marquardt

Go West: ISC West 2025 Preview

| Curtis Marquardt |
One of the Industry’s Biggest Events is Bigger in 2025 and Has Expanded its Utility-Specific Education and Events 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 […]
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The Past, Present & Future are All Here for You to Succeed

| Curtis Marquardt |
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 complex […]
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Utility Security Webinar

Security tech: strategies for safer, smarter operations

| Curtis Marquardt |

Utility Security
APRIL 16, 2025 @ 2PM ET

Security tech: strategies for safer, smarter operations

Which will include:

  • Understanding the role of technology in your defense strategy to manage risk within CIP Standards
  • How to gain actionable intelligence to identify potential bad actors during their reconnaissance
  • Tactics to decrease an organization’s “time to response” for physical security incidents
  • How you can enable more efficient operations with security technology
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Facilities Security Requires a Comprehensive Approach (Full Unedited Interview)

| Curtis Marquardt |
Burns Engineering’s Security Practice Leader Rene Rieder Jr. Sat Down with Us to Talk About Facilities Security, the Importance of Communication and How to Balance Form with Function in Ways that Enhance Security CURTIS MARQUARDT: Please tell our readers about yourself and your experience working in security.  RENE RIEDER JR: My name is Rene Rieder […]
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Vegas Lights, Utility Security Sights: ISC West 2025 Preview

| Curtis Marquardt |
The Security Industry’s Biggest Event is Bigger in 2025 and Has Expanded its Utility-Specific Education and Events Last year, I went to ISC West—the nation’s leading converged security trade—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 […]
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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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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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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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