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Data Backup and Recovery (BCP and DRP) Plan: Having a Business Continuity Plan and Disaster
Recovery Plan in place will help to facilitate recovery from cyber-attacks, reducing time and mitigate the
impact on services.

Employee Training and Awareness Programs: The importance of employee training and awareness
could not be overemphasized as research has shown that humans are the missing link in the cybersecu-
rity chain as they are highly susceptible to social engineering, phishing, insider threats and prone to
commit errors. Training and awareness will help employees to have good cyber hygiene and cultivate
strong cybersecurity structure.

Conclusion
In conclusion, power and smart grids security requires a multidimensional approach that combines im-
plementation of security controls which are administrative, physical, and technological, and proactive risk
assessment and management, and continuous training and retraining of human elements. Making cy-
bersecurity a top priority and fostering cybersecurity culture will safeguard this critical infrastructure from
attacks.

About the Author
Kehinde Ayano Ph. D. is an assistant professor of Computer and Infor-
mation Science at Indiana Wesleyan University Indiana. He is also a Cer-
tified Information System Security Specialist. Kenny can be reached on
[email protected] .

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