Regs to Resilience: Energizing the Cybersecurity Compliance Journey

In the rapidly evolving energy sector, the importance of cybersecurity and compliance has never been more evident. The journey from regulatory compliance to cybersecurity resilience is a transformative one, and this presentation will shed light on the key steps & strategies that the energy utilities can adopt to thrive in this dynamic landscape. Topics: Navigating the Compliance Landscape, Upcoming Regulations and Anticipated Changes, Voluntary Initiatives, Proactive Strategies for Compliance and Resilience, Accessing Funding Opportunities. Learning Objectives: Understand the intricacies of compliance regulations in the energy sector, Anticipate upcoming regulatory changes and their impact on energy cybersecurity, Discover voluntary cybersecurity frameworks and initiatives tailored to the energy industry, critical infrastructure, and industrial control systems, Implement proactive cybersecurity strategies to enhance compliance and resilience, Learn about funding opportunities, including grants, to strengthen cybersecurity infrastructure. Takeaways: Enhanced knowledge of energy sector compliance landscape, Strategies for proactively addressing compliance and resilience, Insights into funding opportunities, including grants, for cybersecurity improvement.

Terri Khalil is a cybersecurity and compliance professional with a reputation for success in building and sustaining cross-functional compliant cybersecurity reliability programs in highly complex, regulated energy critical infrastructure. Terri recently established CyberKaleidoscope, LLC to provide cybersecurity services targeting critical infrastructure and ICS/OT. Terri is also a Senior Consultant with Ampere Industrial Security, Inc. Previously, Terri was the Director of Technology Delivery, Performance Optimization & Compliance for Tampa Electric Company. She also held Information Security & Risk analyst and senior manager roles for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Terri holds an MBA and a BS in MIS from the University of South Florida, as well as current CISSP, CISA, CISM, and CRISC certifications.