Securing the Grid in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Pathways to Resilience: Infrastructure 4.0 - A Guidehouse Webinar Series

May 13, 2020 - 1:00 PM EDT
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Technical advances are changing the way industry works. The advent of ubiquitous connectivity, sophisticated analytics and IT systems, cloud-based applications, and automation—i.e., the Fourth Industrial Revolution—is creating new opportunities and benefits for grid operators, but also new vulnerabilities. 

Assets all the way at the grid edge may now collect data on grid performance and stability, power loads, distributed energy resources (DER) integration, outages, and more. This data, sent over wired or wireless networks to the cloud or centralized operations centers, is then fed into analytics and other emerging IT systems that can dramatically improve grid reliability, efficiency, and resiliency. At the same time, however, this dramatic rise in connectivity increases the surface area for cyber breaches throughout the grid, thus also presenting a growing threat to system security and resiliency.

Join Guidehouse's experts for a lively discussion on the benefits and threats brought about by Fourth Industrial Revolution advances and how utilities can prepare for the best and protect against the worst. This discussion is the second installment in a new Guidehouse webinar series, Pathways to Resilience: Infrastructure 4.0.

  • How technology can benefit grid resilience
  • How connected assets throughout the grid provide both benefits and new vulnerabilities
  • How utilities can enjoy improved resiliency and protect against new threats
  • What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution and how does it apply to utilities and the energy sector?
  • How does grid resiliency benefit from technological advances?
  • What new applications are being enabled and what are the major trends in utility networking investments?
  • What are the cybersecurity risks associated with technological advances of the grid and how are standards and regulation keeping up with these advances?
  • How are utilities upping their game to meet the cyber risks and challenges that these advances present?
  • What are the personnel challenges these new trends bring to the fore?
  • What are the top priorities for utilities to manage risks?
  • Utilities
  • Technology vendors
  • Regulators
  • Investors