When state legislators talk of the smart grid they mean investments and policies that promote the increased use of digital information and controls to improve the reliability and efficiency of the electric grid as well as to make it secure from cyberattack. via Smart grid: What it means – chicagotribune.com.
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Most critical infrastructure companies in India are government-run organisations with few private enterprises owning this space. A quick look at security attacks reveals that critical infrastructure across the globe has been under attack the last one year. Is India geared to tackle a security attack? via Business Line : Features / eWorld : Infrastructure under Continue reading →
Part of the innovation driven by IP communications technologies in utility companies must include better forms of cyber security. Transitioning from one-way power grids to bi-directional smart grids to improve operational and customer service performance can only make sensitive data and programming that controls processes more vulnerable. As part of the nation’s critical infrastructure, utility Continue reading →
No one can say we weren’t warned about energy insecurities. In 1998, President Clinton signed a Presidential Directive that established a national program for critical infrastructure protection. This directive stated that the energy sector of the United States was potentially vulnerable to cyber attack and that the United States would take all necessary measures to swiftly Continue reading →
Unknown hackers have taken out US cellphone networks in an ongoing cyber-attack that will soon knock out parts of the nation’s electricity grid – say the officials who helped plan today’s mock assault on the nation’s defences. The 3-hour event began at 10 am EST (3 pm GMT) and will quickly escalate from cellphone networks to attack Continue reading →
