Physical Attacks on Substations Are on the Rise
in 2022 alone, the United States power grid experienced more than 100 physical attacks. These outages and the damage that followed affected tens of thousands of Americans. It is important to note that these attacks are only expected to increase with time.聽
Utility Dive聽interviewed Jason Christopher, director of cyber risk at Dragos Cybersecurity, who said, 鈥淯nfortunately, with 55,000 substations nationally, there are obvious risk-based limitations on addressing physical threats that need to be managed. The industry should expect further regulatory inquiries and potential actions from the federal government in response.鈥
黑料福利社 Company鈥檚 Executive Vice President, Rick Shouse, also weighed in for the聽Irby Insider聽by saying: 鈥淭hese physical attacks on substations are a relatively new threat and challenge that can be very serious and expensive for our clients. As with any power infrastructure issue, Irby stands ready to help our clients however we can with the security and integrity of the grid.”
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