Utilities & Cyber Security. 3 Reasons Utilities Say CyberSecurity is the #1 issue.

The survey of utility professionals: Utility Dive’s fourth annual State of the Electric Utility Survey, surveying more than 600 utility professionals

The #1 most pressing issue facing utility companies: cyber and physical security 

what you need to know:

• In 2015 & 2016 cyber and physical security was the 6th most pressing issue for utilities
• Increased media attention to cyber threats has raised the issue’s importance
• How the issues ranked as very important to the companies surveyed:
  • cyber and physical security  36%
  • DER policy. 32%
  • state regulatory model reform 32%
  • rate design reform. 29%
  • aging grid infrastructure 28%
  •  threat to reliability from integrating variable renewables and DERs 28%

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