{"id":17670,"date":"2021-12-02T13:49:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T18:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/?p=17670"},"modified":"2021-12-02T13:49:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T18:49:49","slug":"the-urgency-of-protecting-the-electric-grid-from-cyberattacks-from-power-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/the-urgency-of-protecting-the-electric-grid-from-cyberattacks-from-power-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Urgency Of Protecting The Electric Grid From Cyberattacks (From POWER Magazine)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The clock is ticking to protect the electric grid from cyberattacks. Adversarial nations, terrorists, and criminal groups have been refining their techniques for years. Lloyd\u2019s has warned a successful, coordinated intrusion could cost $1 trillion. Earlier this year, the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack showed even relatively modest attacks can be quite disruptive. The bipartisan infrastructure bill that President Biden signed on November 15 provides for substantial assistance. While beneficial, this assistance should be a small part of utilities\u2019 decisions to make cyber investments. Lexington Institute\u2019s Paul Steidler discusses these and related issues in an Op-Ed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powermag.com\/blog\/the-urgency-of-protecting-the-electric-grid-from-cyberattacks\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The clock is ticking to protect the electric grid from cyberattacks. Adversarial nations, terrorists, and criminal groups have been refining their techniques for years. Lloyd\u2019s has warned a successful, coordinated intrusion could cost $1 trillion. Earlier this year, the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack showed even relatively modest attacks can be quite disruptive. The bipartisan infrastructure bill [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Urgency Of Protecting The Electric Grid From Cyberattacks (From POWER Magazine) - Lexington Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/the-urgency-of-protecting-the-electric-grid-from-cyberattacks-from-power-magazine\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Urgency Of Protecting The Electric Grid From Cyberattacks (From POWER Magazine) - Lexington Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The clock is ticking to protect the electric grid from cyberattacks. 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