In the last issue of Utility Security Magazine, I mentioned a federal law that the United States has in place to combat attacks in the energy sector in my article on strategies to defeat copper theft in substations. In this article, I’m going to use the theft triangle to show how this law (and a […]
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 […]
Will your critical substation survive an attack? How would you know? We install security systems to protect our substations. Critical sites would likely include some kind of barrier, like a fence or a wall; a video surveillance system (VSS); an access control system, combining a locking mechanism with a card reader or PIN pad; lighting; […]
The theft of copper from unmanned substations threatens public safety and the reliability of the supply of electricity. The best way to fight this is with a strategy that involves utilities, the community, vendors and other electricity sector asset owners/operators. A campaign of this scope needs executive attention and support. It is too important to […]
