By RyanKamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. If you are still running Android 2.3, watch out for the bad guys! – Kaspersky Labs has given a failing grade to Google for insecurities in Android 2.3. They found that the Trojan SMS is the leading malware developed for the OS...
The government is trying once again to whip the key players behind the country’s electrical grid into a security force that can defend against mounting cyber threats. The US Department of Energy today announced what it calls an “Electric Sector Cybersecurity Risk Management Maturity̶...
via green tech grid Aneesh Chopra is this nation’s first Chief Technology Officer and the Associate Director for Technology in the White House Office of Science and Technology. He’s smart-grid-aware and has spoken in the past about seeking to accelerate the smart grid through innovation ...
via MarketWatch WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — The fifth annual GridWeek conference commences Sept. 12 in Washington, D.C., and promises the most internationally focused, utility-rich Smart Grid content to date. The conference has been described by past participants as the...
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 ...