The resilience of the power grid is taken for granted. We turn on our devices at home and work and the power is always there.
How protected is the power grid?
To answer that, you have to consider both physical and cyber threats to our critical infrastructure. Our team headed off to northern Virginia to attend the Power Grid Resilience conference to learn more about the challenges to the industry.
Critical infrastructure executives from across the country convened to exchange best practices and investigate the latest technologies available from cyber security to CCTV cameras.
The USA Today recently reported on their analysis of federal energy records. Take a look here...
On the physical security side of the equation, companies like Comnet, Bosch, and Protech are participating in the effort to improve the resilience of the power grid. Comnet is providing improved infrastructure solutions for network data communications. Bosch is providing smart video analytics in rugged camera systems from visible imaging to thermal imaging for long-range detection, even with camouflage in place.
Read more from USA Today on this topic here