The United States needs an overarching national authority to oversee cybersecurity efforts connected to the national power grid, an MIT study suggests. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) have authority over the develop...
via energybiz AN APRIL 2009 Wall Street Journal story said Chinese and Russian cyberspies penetrated the U.S. electric grid and left behind software programs that could disrupt its operations. As reported in the Journal of Energy Security two months later, security firm IOActive told the Department...
via The Hill As utilities across the country progressively interconnect generating resources and upgrade transmission and distribution systems, they increasingly rely on highly automated digital controls and digital communications to control the flow of electricity. While this modernization of the g...
via ComputerWeekly.com Government plans to create a smart grid for energy networks will require a coordinated focus on cybersecurity as communication networks play a key role, according to a report from The Energy Networks Association (ENA). The ENA published the report for the Department of Energy ...
via ComputerWeekly.com Government plans to create a smart grid for energy networks will require a coordinated focus on cybersecurity as communication networks play a key role, according to a report from The Energy Networks Association (ENA). The ENA published the report for the Department of Energy ...
via Infosecurity “When you introduce computers everywhere in the grid — in the generation, transmission, distribution, and metering in homes — then you also introduce security risks. Unfortunately, it is very common that when new infrastructure is introduced, security is more of an...
via Commons News What if the electric meter on the side of your home — the one with the indecipherable dials and the spinning disk in the center — suddenly became a device that could tell you clearly how much power your home were using? What if it could tell you when the cheapest power [...
via Platts.com A draft US Senate committee bill that would give the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission limited cybersecurity oversight of state-jurisdictional electric distribution lines was met with concerns Thursday at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. The head of North...