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==Full Title of Reference==

Evolving Cybersecurity Issues in the Utility Industry

==Full Citation==

Earl Perkins, ''Evolving Cybersecurity Issues in the Utility Industry'', published by Gartner Research, 20 August 2009. [http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?id=1142512  ''Purchase'']

[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/cybersecurity/?title=Special:Bibliography&action=viewsource&startkey=Perkins2009&f=wikibiblio.bib ''BibTeX'']

==Categorization==

Issues: [[Private Critical Infrastructure]], [[Electrical Grid]], [[Water, Sewer, etc.]], [[Public-Private Cooperation]]

==Key Words== 

[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/cybersecurity/Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Intelligence_Infrastructure.2FInformation_Infrastructure Information Infrastructure], [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/cybersecurity/Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Interdependencies Interdependencies]

==Synopsis==

This research explores significant cybersecurity issues for global utilities and offers a 
means to address them. It is past time to implement a top-down approach to address 
utility cybersecurity. 
 
Key Findings:
*Cybersecurity oversight for utilities at all levels is unclear and requires consolidation and development. 
*Cybersecurity and physical security for utilities are critical, but neither is well-defined technologically or in policy terms. 
*While traditional IT cybersecurity can provide a foundation, utility operations security does have distinct differences due to environment and requirements. 
*Too much discussion about smart-grid security, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) security, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) security, or securing "cyberassets" focuses inordinately on the technical standards and products rather than on delivering a solution. 


==Additional Notes and Highlights==