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 fresh eyes and an outsider’s perspective, the sights and experiences were compelling and unique, to say the least. A robotic security dog wandering the expo floor aisles. A presenter talking about how they performed a security exercise that involved adding fake blood onto an employee’s family member to better simulate the event. Meeting a host of exceptionally smart, dedicated people who genuinely want to do their best to protect.
And now here we are…
The Unseen Battleground: Defending Utilities in a New Age of Threats
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, cyberattacks are rolled out. Instead of missiles, social media disinformation campaigns are launched.
While I don’t know whether or not that video validated the theory that World War III is already happening, I can say that utility security professionals have been fighting on these alternative battlefields for many years in what is a constant fight to preserve operations and resiliency in the face of foes who look to disrupt an…
