Share it This is one of four articles related to the 2021 State of the Electric Utility Survey Report. To see the other articles and download the report, visit our State of the Electric Utility landing page. Power companies are more focused than ever on cybersecurity, and experts say results of Utility Dive's 8th annual State of the Electric Utility (SEU) survey show an industry working to better secure the grid. But they also say the responses reveal cause for concern — including the potential for misplaced utility efforts and under-investment in emerging technologies "Overall, the U.S. electric power industry is doing a good job of addressing known cybersecurity threats," said independent utility security consultant Tom Alrich. But he also questioned the focus many utilities have on securing information networks amid a growing threat to operational technology and industrial control networks.