The Rise In Power Grid Attacks Leave Businesses With A New Variation On A Familiar Threat – Chloe Demrovsky for Forbes

“When an attack on an electrical substation in Moore County, North Carolina left thousands in the state without power through the following week, it became a wakeup call throughout the country that our power grid is dangerously vulnerable. “Resilience experts have long recognized the inherent dangers to power grids, primarily a result of the usual suspects – heavy weather and local wildlife. Infrastructure is always in a precarious place and the effects of an outage are the number one disruption to businesses when it goes offline – costing the U.S. economy an estimated $80-188 billion annually.” DRI President and CEO Chloe Demrovsky looks at the recent rise in attacks on U.S. infrastructure for Forbes, and how business leadership should respond to keep their companies up and running during a power crisis.