EPRI's 2013 review of utility cyber security challenges

EPRI's 2013 review of utility cyber security challenges
http://www.fiercesmartgrid.com/story/epris-2013-review-utility-cyber-security-
EPRI has published a 2013 annual review from its cyber security research team showing how it has addressed these challenges. As utilities continue to deploy advanced monitoring and communications systems to support wide area situational awareness applications, distributed energy resources, distribution automation, and advanced metering infrastructures, they face several cyber security challenges.
These are summed up by EPRI as:

• Combination of legacy and next-generation equipment in operational environments
• Convergence of information technology and operational technology for power control systems
• Separate security architectures and incident management systems for operational domains
• Insufficient security management tools for the networks, systems, and end devices that are in the field
• Uncertain regulatory and legislative environment for cyber security

The 2013 EPRI Cyber Security and Privacy Program addresses the cyber security challenges facing the electric sector by developing security architectures, creating new security technologies, and performing lab assessments of technologies.
Since the rapid pace of change in the electric sector creates a challenging environment for utilities, the program also monitors the activities of industry groups and helps members understand the cyber security impact of new technologies.
In 2014, the program will develop lab-based implementations for several of these activities, including advanced incident correlation techniques and security management for intelligent electronic devices. The program will continue to refine and pilot approaches to assessing and monitoring risk.
- see this report 
For more:http://assets.fiercemarkets.com/public/sites/energy/reports/epricybersecurity.pdf