Presented at
BSidesLV 2023,
Aug. 8, 2023, 11:30 a.m.
(45 minutes)
Energy delivery for all utility sizes is undergoing disruptive change with unprecedented levels of federal and state funding. In this talk I will describe how that's evolved over the past 20 years, and how we are trying to make it equitable, secure, resilient, affordable and clean in one swoop. Dealing with both historical injustice, climate threats, and international turmoil. Its an impossible proposition. How do we do it better? Is it too late? Can we communicate this in a better way and get social buy in from those who profit? I will also discuss if we are asking the right questions, and if we have already gone past the point of being able to get people to care about death and destruction….
Presenters:
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David Batz
Leveraging over 20 years of electric company experience, David Batz brings significant industry knowledge in understanding and applying appropriate security solutions to address emerging threats and issues. In addition, he brings a decade of energy regulatory compliance as well as physical and cyber security policy experience and engagement with multiple federal agencies, including the Department of Energy (DoE), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). David has been with the Edison Electric Institute for over 12 years and has played a central role in developing new programs that aid the EEI membership, and more broadly, has been instrumental in the development and expansion of an industry-wide program called Cyber Mutual Assistance. He is a member of InfraGard and serves on the SANS Institute Advisory Board. He has authored various articles and presented at numerous events domestically and internationally on securing critical infrastructure, industrial systems as well as security baseline and standards topics for prominent industry associations including NIST, the National Academies of Sciences, United States Energy Association and the World Economic Forum to name a few.
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Emma M Stewart
Emma has had a hyper focused career on power delivery and energy resilience, focused primarily on the electric industry in multiple countries. She moved to the US 17 years ago to avoid a career working in the rain in substations in Scotland, and worked at multiple national labs and in the electric grid industry. The last few years were spent working on successfully persuading some of the least resourced utilities in the country to implement basic controls. She spends the majority of her spare time running or cycling up hills, rescuing dogs and recovering from an alternate career as a triathlete.
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