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DOE seeks comprehensive cybersecurity model for electric grid
Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Poneman, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt, senior Homeland Security Department officials and more than two dozen electric-sector executives met Jan.
JASON: Severe space weather can damage the power grid
Coronal mass ejections--enormous magnetized clouds of electrified gas emitted from the sun--have been known to disrupt the electric grid as they hit the Earth's protective magnetic field, and because
Bulk power system cannot be fully protected
Automation and remote monitoring has helped the high voltage electric transmission industry grow, but it also has become an area of vulnerability. "Fully protecting the system from a coordinated
Congressional cybersecurity bill roundup UPDATED
Federal cybersecurity is a hot topic within Congress these days, at least judging by the number of elected representatives sponsoring bills related to the topic. Here's a round-up of relevant bills
DHS probes power grid threat
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is examining a report by a Chinese researcher who used publicly available data to show how cyber terrorists could attack and disable the power grid along the
Kundra and Chopra: Friends in deed
Aneesh Chopra, President Obama's chief technology officer, and Vivek Kundra, the nation's first chief information officer, are working in tandem to turn the federal government into a tech-centric
Feds need to police the nation's electric grid
The Wall Street Journal reported this week that the nation's electric grid has been hacked by foreign spies, sending shock waves through the intelligence community and fueling a new debate on how to
