At the time this presentation is made, most of the top 400 large utilities will have completed their
vulnerability assessments and will have a very detailed list of proposed improvements to their
system, procedures and polices that will reduce their risk to threats from a terrorist group. The
cost to utilities to make these improvements will test budgets everywhere, and may require rate
increases. When asked about how much utilities will spend on security at a recent conference,
most large utilities estimate one-to-three percent of their budget. But which investments will
really be made, will they be only made this year, and will they only provide benefits if that
terrorist attacks?
This paper describes how technology can be your strategy to help reduce your risk and avoid
adding long-term recurring costs that do not contribute to your bottom line. This paper is limited
to an overview level in order to protect secure information and to defer to the latest updated
information for the presentation where the latest technology applications (case studies) will be
presented. Includes figure.