This is an SGA Member-Only event.
Event Summary
Cyber risk for natural gas utilities continues to grow exponentially. The threats are constantly evolving and increasingly targeting internal control systems. While regulatory expectations span cyber, physical, and operational domains, the mission remains clear – ensure the safe and reliable delivery of natural gas.
This 60-minute virtual session, open exclusively to SGA members, is designed for leaders and professionals who seek clarity, context, and practical insight, without hype.
Attendees will receive 1 Professional Development Hour (PDH) upon completion.
Led by Kimberly Denbow, Vice President of Security & Operations at the American Gas Association, the session will provide an industry-level perspective on how cyber risk is changing and how utilities can more effectively be prepared.
Participants will gain insight into:
- How cyber and physical security risks are increasingly interconnected, including cyber events with physical consequences and physical access that can enable cyber compromise.
- Where federal agencies are focusing attention, and how expectations are evolving across cybersecurity, physical security, and all-hazards preparedness.
- How incident reporting and information-sharing expectations need to better align with the realities that shape the time-sensitive response, and where utilities often experience tension between compliance and operational decision making.
- How peer utilities of different sizes—large IOUs, mid-size operators, and municipals—are adjusting their cyber posture, and where preparedness opportunities most commonly appear.
- What CIOs, CISOs, operations leaders, and executives should be prioritizing now—not “someday.”
Session Topics include:
- Shifting Threat Landscape
- Regulatory and Operational Signals to Watch
- How AGA is Supporting the Industry
- Current AGA initiatives related to cybersecurity, physical security, and operational resilience
- Industry coordination
- Shared opportunities to enhance all-hazards preparedness across utilities of different sizes
Cyber Risk is a Business Risk
This session helps SGA members understand what’s changing, why it matters, and how AGA is supporting the industry—so utilities aren’t navigating these challenges alone.
Spend an hour here and save yourself weeks of guessing later.
Presenter
Kimberly Denbow
American Gas Association
Kimberly Denbow has over 30 years of experience in the natural gas industry, of which 28 has been with AGA leading multiple AGA Safety, Operations, Engineering, & Security committees, helping build AGA’s cyber and physical security program, standing up the Downstream Natural Gas Information sharing & Analysis Center, developing AGA’s Severe Event Preparedness Program, and supporting pipeline resilience and reliability initiatives.
At present, she leads the AGA Board Safety & Security Committee and has testified before Congress on multiple occasions on matters related to cybersecurity and the value of government/industry partnerships. She also serves as the industry liaison to numerous natural gas physical and cybersecurity programs of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, and Department of Energy.
She is widely recognized as a trusted industry voice on safeguarding critical energy infrastructure.
