Security in an Emergent Threat Environment: Industry Reaction

摘要

The first article in this series (July 2014) touched on events that are driving change in the security posture of the energy industry, specifically substations assets. No sooner did the ink dry on writing that column, the industry experienced another event. On the morning of Wednesday, June 11th local police were notified that a fence was breeched and a small incendiary device was detonated at a substation in No-gales, Arizona. The bomb was placed at one of the 50,000 gallon diesel storage tanks at the site and ignited, causing a minor rupture and fuel leak. While obviously not to the scale of the April 2013 events in San Jose, this is another illustration of the developing threats to U.S. electricity generation and transmission assets. While members of the power industry are working to improve security, the threat model continues to evolve.