In Illinois, a unique effort to protect the grid from hackers

From: Midwest Energy News

State regulators in Illinois are staking out a unique foothold in an area of growing concern among public utilities: the security of information and digital assets in the smart-grid era.

Late last month, the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) announced the establishment of an Office of Cybersecurity and Risk Management to prioritize and support “the ongoing efforts of regulated Illinois utilities to protect critical infrastructure from cybersecurity risk and unauthorized access to system and electronic data.”

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