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The world energy landscape is being shaken to its roots. The old-fashioned power grid is evolving into an innovative smart grid—smart, computerized networks capable of balancing supply and demand in real time, merging renewable resources, and enabling consumers. But here's the catch: the smarter the grid, the more vulnerable it is to cyberattacks. In a more and more..
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Merry Christmas Everyone. Sitting here cooking Christmas dinner and watching the oven timer click down gives me time to catch up on some reading that I've been putting off, so it's good to have a little down time to do what I want as I "cook the bird". This article provides a nice overview of the "Cyber Risks" that impacted many people throughout 2024. From..
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Cyber security programs assume organizations can recognize control system incidents as being cyber-related. Yet the lack of control system cyber expertise by government organizations including NTSB, FDA, FBI, TSA, EPA, CISA, and DOE have not identified control system incidents as being cyber-related. The five cases discussed were fatal catastrophes. In all cases, NTSB identified control..
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Chuck is a highly respected Cybersecurity expert advising governments and clients around the world. I follow Chuck as only one of a handful of people I consider to be true cybersecurity experts. Read the articles below and you'll see why. We are honored to have Chuck joining us for the PowerSession on SEC Cybersecurity Regulations on December 14. I hope you will join us.
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It appears that Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis has opted to hamstring the cybersecurity experts working to keep the lights on in his district by removing the one tool that can help monitor for vulnerabilities and risks in software used to manage critical infrastructure operations. He has chosen to remove the SBOM provision from the latest NDAA (6722) bill. I hope Mr. Gallagher remembers..
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