Certain industries are regulated, although the regulations are not consistent. It is not uncommon for jurisdictions to require by law protections on electric gr

Certain industries are regulated, although the regulations are not consistent. It is not uncommon for jurisdictions to require by law protections on electric grid control equipment. For example, in some places in the US, servers that can ultimately affect a large scale change in power generation equipment (such as switching the configuration of a power plant) must have anti-virus installed on them (NERC-CIP).