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Take the Modernizing and Securing the Utility Grid with Digital Solutions Quiz!

Utilities face greater challenges than ever before. Business models are evolving to meet rising energy demands, tightening regulatory mandates, and a greater variety of customer segments. Legacy control systems are problematic and no longer cost-effective to operate. The utility industry is rapidly migrating to a digital world and modernizing grid operations with secure, enhanced substation networks to ensure operational continuity, meet regulatory requirements, and support new business models.

Take this quiz on modernizing and securing the utility grid and identify the issues that are most important to you. We'll instantly deliver content to help you achieve your utility grid security goals!

1. Where are you in your journey to securing the grid?(Required)

Integrating multiple security tools and devices

Simplifying and securing operations at scale

Refreshing the substation network

2. What is your main goal?(Required)

Having a secure and NERC-CIP compliant OT network

Improving grid reliability and safety

Simplifying network operations

3. What’s your biggest grid challenge?(Required)

Digitizing your substation

Staff to support the growing OT network

Increased cyber threats and attacks

4. Why is securing the utility grid important to your organization?(Required)

Supporting a digital substation

Protect from physical and digital threats

Ensure operational continuity

5. What would be the biggest benefit of modernizing grid operations?(Required)

Connecting and securing energy assets with a converged networking and security architecture

Connecting substations to the SD-WAN

Streamlining network operations at scale with automated provisioning and centralized management

6. What pain point are you most interested in overcoming?(Required)

Reducing operational effort and increasing uptime

Detecting cyber threats

Refreshing the substation network

7. What would you most appreciate in substation automation technologies?(Required)

Reduce equipment footprint

Enable remote operation

Reduce human intervention

8. What are your concerns about your organization’s ability to secure the utility grid?(Required)

Large deployments of substation network infrastructure

Skills and resource gaps

Cybersecurity monitoring within the substation

9. What improvement would have the biggest impact on your grid operations?(Required)

Enhanced threat detection and response

Reliable remote monitoring and control

Simplified network management

10. Which topics would you like to learn more about?(Required)

Cisco solutions for substation automation

Cisco solutions that secure your OT environment

Cisco solutions for IT and OT teams

You’re interested in learning more about OT Networks!

You want to operate and deploy your OT network.

Download the solution overview to see how a unified networking and security architecture can connect and protect distributed energy resources. Discover streamlined operations with automated, centralized management of rugged routers, simplified security through built-in features, advanced protection across all facilities with centralized policy control, and easy-to-manage zero-trust network access for secure remote control of grid assets.

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