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Energy Cybersecurity Insurance Forum July 7th-8th, 2021

In support of the 100-Day Plan to Address Cybersecurity Risks to the U.S. Electric System

The Biden administration’s 100-day plan to address cybersecurity risks to the U.S. Electric System includes a task to facilitate a forum to explore and examine opportunities to incentivize participation in this Initiative and the adoption of industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity monitoring technologies, which includes the exploration of leveraging insurance products as incentive mechanisms. The Energy Cybersecurity Insurance Forum was held on July 7-8, 2021, to engage infrastructure and insurance stakeholders in discussions on the current state of insurance for ICS cyber risk in the electric sector, concepts for enhancing such coverages, and the potential for using insurance to incentivize investment in ICS cybersecurity. 397 people registered for the event. 270 attended day 1 and 198 attended day 2.

This document provides a recap and key points from the event.

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*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Axio authored by Axio. Read the original post at: https://axio.com/insights/energy-cybersecurity-insurance-forum-2021/