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While utility enterprises are taking steps to detect and deter physical security threats, preventing damage and enabling recovery remain significant challenges, according to The State of Physical Grid Security 2015.

University of Arkansas engineering researchers, will lead a new national center devoted to cybersecurity for electric power utilities.

The Los Alamos National Laboratory may require U.S. passports for entry. 

A new study reveals a dramatic increase in the overall cost of cyber crime. 

A report from the think tank Chatham House said that nuclear power plants around the globe are vulnerable to cyberattacks and that the risk of cyber-oriented plant disasters is increasing.

To battle cyber threats, the utility industry and government intelligence agencies must act in unison to stay one step ahead.

American Electric Power has named Stanley E. Partlow vice president and chief security officer.

If you figure that a better economy these days means less metal theft, think again. Theft of copper, aluminum and other metals continues as people see a way to easily make money to buy drugs or other uses.

 Xcel Energy has received Federal Aviation Administration approval to use drones to inspect equipment and infrastructure.