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Five Questions with Utility Technology Association President Vicky Wilson Turner

Written by Curtis Marquardt on . Posted in 5 Questions with a Utility Security Professional.

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 the UTA and what the organization is doing to help propel security in the utility segment?  The UTA was originally formed back in 1981. At its core, it is a technology support group that focuses on new and innovative ideas to ensure...

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5 Questions with Utility Security Expert & Author Ross Johnson

Written by Curtis Marquardt on . Posted in 5 Questions with a Utility Security Professional.

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 trying to liberate anyone, and they are not trying to impose a religion. Instead, driving communities apart has become the aim in this new age of terrorism. In the January 2016 edition of The New Yorker Lawrence M. Krause wrote an article titled Thinking...

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5 QUESTIONS WITH ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING RESEARCHER AND EDUCATOR CHEE-WOOI TEN

Written by Curtis Marquardt on . Posted in 5 Questions with a Utility Security Professional.

We sat down with Chee-Wooi Ten, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Michigan Technological University. He spends his time researching actuarial science and risk profiling for the power infrastructure industry, linking cyber events with operational risk mitigation. During our discussion, Ten shared his insights about the risks of a cascading cyberattack and the need to train the younger generation on the overlapping knowledge of cybersecurity and power grid operation. Interview with Chee-Wooi Ten Q1: Why should our readers be looking seriously at the risks of cascading...

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5 Questions with Bomb Threat Expert Sean Haglund

Written by Curtis Marquardt on . Posted in 5 Questions with a Utility Security Professional.

We sat down with Sean Haglund, who serves as the Associate Director for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Office for Bombing Prevention (CISA OBP) at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). CISA OBP leads DHS’ efforts to enhance national security by building public and private capabilities to deter, prevent and respond to bombing incidents. During our discussion, he shared some valuable insights and advice on how utilities can be better prepared for bomb threats. Q1: Why should utilities really be thinking more about bomb threats? HAGLUND: We are currently facing a...

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