Resources Available to Electric Utilities on Cybersecurity, But Many Concerns Remain

Feb 16

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PJM Interconnection’s Jonathon Monken, senior director for system resiliency and strategic coordination, said within the last 18 months energy infrastructure has become the most frequently attacked sector in the United States. He spoke Tuesday at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Winter Committee Meetings in Washington, DC.

“The root cause is not necessarily us out there saying ‘we’re the best at cybersecurity,'” Monken told attendees. “What’s become really implicit right now is that we are so much more reliant on electricity now than we ever have been before.” Therefore, an attack on energy infrastructure “makes the most sense.”