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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Staff Sgt. Manoj Williams, a 375th Civil Engineering Squadron electrical systems craftsman, greases framework knife blades and tightens loose conductor connections April 9, 2016, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. The base required a scheduled power outage to repair critical high-voltage electrical components. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Daniel Garcia)AF Installation Cyberattack Plans put to the test during national grid exercise
                        
                        
                        Staff Sgt. Manoj Williams, 375th Civil Engineer Squadron electrical systems craftsman, greases framework knife blades and tightens loose conductor connections April 9, 2016, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. The base required a scheduled power outage to repair critical high-voltage electrical components. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Daniel Garcia)
                
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AF Installation Cyberattack Plans tested during national grid exercisePublished Dec. 4, 2017
                    
                    By Mr. Douglas Tucker
                    
                    
                    Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Environment, Safety and Infrastructure)
            **WASHINGTON (AFNS)  --**Recently, 32 Air Force installations and representatives from Headquarters Air Force took part in the two-day national Grid Security Exercise IV, or GridEx IV, to simulate a coordinated response to cyber and physical security threats to North America's electricity grid and other critical infrastructure.
GridEx IV, the largest exercise of its kind, brought together more than 6,500 participants from 450 government agencies and private industry from the U.S., Canada and Mexico. During the exercise, participants from the Department of Defense, civilian federal agencies, state and local entities, banking and telecommunication sectors and utilities simulated how they would respond to, recover from and facilitate the restoration of damaged grid infrastructure. 
“The Air Force recognizes the resiliency of the energy grid, but also understands both nature and adversaries could separate our missions from the electrons they need,” said Mark Correll, deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for Environment, Safety and Infrastructure. “Participating in exercises like GridEx IV, allows us to test our preparedness plans and ensure the Air Force has resilient energy capabilities to assure our critical defense missions continue during a real-life crisis.”
One of the main objectives of the exercise was to identify communication friction points and look for possible solutions.
Staff from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, were among the Air Force participants in the exercise. 
"Our participation in GridEx provided a great forum to work with our key mission partners and utility service provider," said Dan Porter, 633rd Civil Engineer Squadron base energy manager. "It helped to improve our lines of communication, increased our collaborative efforts and elevated the importance of JBLE's energy assurance plans."
“We are stronger when we put our capabilities together,” added Correll. “Sharing information and coordinating resources among public and private efforts will increase the readiness of our installations now and will improve their resiliency in the future.”
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation, a not-for-profit international regulatory authority whose mission is to assure the reliability and security of the bulk power system in North America and the sponsoring organization for GridEx IV, is currently working on a public report of recommendations and lessons learned. The report is scheduled for release in early 2018.
For more information on how the Air Force is improving resiliency, visit the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Energy’s website at: http://www.safie.hq.af.mil/Programs/Energy.cyber 



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