Hosted every two years by the E-ISAC, GridEx gives E-ISAC member and partner organizations a forum in which to practice how they would respond to and recover from coordinated cyber and physical security threats and incidents. It is the largest grid security exercise in North America.
GridEx VIII Planner Registration is Open
GridEx VIII will be held on November 18-19, 2025. Registration for Lead Planners and Planners is now open to E-ISAC members and partners. Registered planners will be provided access to planning materials and resources for GridEx VIII, including a monthly newsletter to keep planners up to date. For general GridEx questions, contact the E-ISAC.
GridEx VII SummaryMore than 15,000 participants from
approximately 250 North American organizations, including the electric
industry, cross-sector partners from gas and telecommunications, and U.S. and
Canadian government partners, took part in GridEx VII on November 14-15, 2023.
Security professionals played simultaneously in a complex and challenging
scenario while adapting the exercise to meet their specific organizational
needs.
The exercise concluded on November 16 with an invitation-only executive tabletop session, which brings together industry and government executives to focus on strategic and policy-level issues.
