Protect Our Power, a new advocacy group dedicated to increasing measures to protect the U.S. electric power infrastructure from cyber or physical attack, has named Lumentus as its strategic communications firm.
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A national poll conducted by POP in March shows more than 60 percent of Americans believe the U.S. electric grid is vulnerable to disruption. 29 percent agreed that Russia is capable of pulling this off given recent news of the country’s information cyber warfare. 34 percent view North Korea as a threat in light of its aggressive missile program.
Fewer than nine percent of respondents believe the federal government is doing all they can to protect the grid.
“Electricity makes the American way of life possible,” said Jim Cunningham, executive director, Protect Our Power. “It is critical that we improve public awareness and the coordination of industry and government to increase support to make our electric infrastructure more resilient.”
New York City-based Lumentus recently helped POP assemble a panel of 20 advisors with expertise in energy policy, power production and delivery operations, as well as stakeholders familiar with healthcare, finance, transportation, security and national defense.
"From our first discussion, it was clear that POP was formed from an urgent need for decisive action to protect the national electric grid,” said Laurence Moskowitz, managing partner and chief executive, Lumentus.
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