Series · 3 parts
Critical Infrastructure
Three articles for security teams in the energy sector: the threat environment power companies face, why physical security is now critical infrastructure risk management, and how to build a knowledge base that turns lessons learned into better decisions.
- 01Align · · 10 min readFrom Guard Gates to Grid Resilience: Why Physical Security Is Now Critical Infrastructure Risk ManagementPower-company security has always been about gates, badges, cameras, patrols, and response. But the threat landscape has evolved so fundamentally that physical security must now be understood as critical infrastructure risk management. This article argues that security teams in the electric sector must think in terms of function, consequence, and resilience rather than perimeter alone.
- 02Learn · · 8 min readWhat Every Power Company Security Team Should Know About Critical Infrastructure ThreatsEvery security professional understands that threats change. What deserves closer attention is how the threat landscape for energy sector critical infrastructure has evolved from isolated criminal acts into coordinated, ideologically motivated campaigns targeting the physical and cyber systems that sustain national power generation and distribution.
- 03Review · · 9 min readBuilding a Security Knowledge Base for the Energy Sector: From Lessons Learned to Better DecisionsCritical infrastructure security teams in the energy sector need more than scattered documents and compliance files. They need a structured Book of Knowledge that consolidates operational experience, regulatory requirements, threat intelligence, and lessons learned into a reasoning-capable resource that supports action under pressure.