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Cybersecurity: Bill Spence

Prepare, Protect, Respond

“EEI members have stood up a host of programs, such as the spare transformer, critical equipment sharing, cyber mutual assistance, and cyber risk information sharing programs we developed in cooperation with DOE and NERC.”
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Bill Spence

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Cybersecurity: Tom Fanning

Prepare, Protect, Respond

“There is a fast approaching environment where it won’t be humans to machines but rather machines to machine. Now your millions of times a day could be trillions.”
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Tom Fanning

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Cybersecurity: Bruce Walker

Prepare, Protect, Respond

“Approach the sector as if it has already been compromised and recognize that the system was designed before computers were available.”
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Bruce Walker

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Cybersecurity: Brian Harrell

Prepare, Protect, Respond

“When utilities are struggling with a malware issue, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, physical security events, emergency management, and response and recovery issues, we are there in their time of need.”
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Brian Harrell

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Mississippi PSC: Public Utilities Staff

A Day at the Mississippi PSC

“The Public Utilities Staff was split away from the Commission in 1990, so we are a separate independent agency. We provide advisory and investigative services to the PSC.”
Byline: 

Virden Jones, Mike McCool and Brandi Myrick

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Mississippi PSC: Rickey Cotton

Director - Pipeline Safety

“I assign inspectors an area throughout the state and let them stay about two years to make sure that they don’t bond too much with the operator.”
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Rickey Cotton

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Mississippi PSC: Katherine Collier

Executive Secretary

“The Public Utilities Staff serve in an advisory role to the Commission and in a consumer advocacy role in some instances. They are the subject matter experts. They have more expert and specialized Staff than the Commission.”
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Katherine Collier

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