Bipartisan Policy Center: Strengthen cybersecurity amid power sector digitization

Increasing the focus on cybersecurity and data privacy related to power sector digitization is “imperative” due to increasing cyber risks, the Bipartisan Policy Center said in a publication released Tuesday.

In the study, titled “Digitizing the Grid: Next Steps on Policy,” the BPC addresses the threat posed by cyber attacks on the grid, among other subjects, and gives options for helping to stem these risks to aid in the advancement of grid digitization.

These options include developing a “secure...