The energy industry practices for a 'black swan' cyberattack that could take down the grid

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The digitization of infrastructure has made our daily lives more convenient. But how secure is the U.S. power grid from cyberattacks? Watch the full video here:

The power landscape in the United States operates more like a "quilt" than a grid, said Chris Sistrunk, an electrical engineer who serves on FireEye's Mandiant industrial controls system consulting team.

In all, there are more than 8,000 power plants with various owners and operators in the U.S., according to the Department of Energy. Those include traditional electric utilities, but also hydroelectric plants, oil, rewnewable source plants, natural gas, coal and nuclear facilities. Plants have operational equipment that is often run on a series of industrial control systems known as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems, or SCADA. These systems are essentially computers that run substations or power controls, and run a huge variety of operating system software. Some power plants use systems that are decades old. Many of them must be retrofitted to connect to the latest internet-enabled devices.

 

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The U.S. power grid is not secure from cyberattacks. There, summarized it for you.

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We have sacrificed all rights to privacy for convenience.

32 hours

Its not..

Not at all

'power grid' should NOT be on the 'public' internet...

What's scary. One click or burnt chip from the stone age.

I encountered this same question many years ago and this was answered during that time. What has changed?

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