Protecting the nation s electric grid is a top priority for utilities. Traditionally, this has meant guarding against primarily weather-related outages. With the move toward the smart grid, where utilities use the Internet or phone lines instead of internal networks to control their electric systems, we have broadened our mission to include protecting against potential cyberattacks.The electric power industry uses various strategies to protect our computerized systems. With cybersecurity threats continuing to evolve and our cyberadvefsaries likely to become more sophisticated, we welcome the effort underway in Congress to give the federal government legal authority to deal with imminent or actual cyberattacks.
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