smart grid
Energy grids are prime attack targets
The electrical power grid is the backbone on which everything else depends. A cybercriminal could debilitate a major city by a single targeted attack on the energy grid and …
How to make smart grids
A smart grid is an upgraded electricity network with two-way digital communication between supplier and consumer. The adoption of smart grids will change the distribution and …
Environmentally hardened encryption appliance
Certes Networks announced the introduction of their newest encryption appliance, the CEP5 LC. Developed for organizations requiring secure traffic flows to remote locations, …
McAfee and Intel protect the critical infrastructure together
McAfee announced a collaboration with Intel to better protect the world’s energy utility ecosystem, including generation, transmission and distribution, from increased …
Securing embedded devices
Like with computers, mobile phones, cars and many other things that man created, thermostats, automatic doors, insulin pumps, control panels for a great many instruments and …
IEEE launches standard to aid smart-grid communications
IEEE announced the publication of a new standard, as well as the launch of three new standards-development activities, all designed to enhance the communications and …
Can we expect a cyber attack on the smart grid?
The vulnerability of the energy industry’s new wireless smart grid will inevitably lead to lights out for everyone, according to leading cyber expert David Chalk. In an …
Smart meters vulnerable to false data injection
Power grids connect electricity producers to consumers through interconnected transmission and distribution networks. In these networks, system monitoring is necessary to …
New IEEE standards for the smart grid
IEEE announced five new standards, as well as a modified standards-development project, that are all intended to aid the efficient rollout of the smart grid worldwide. The new …
Amphion Forum, a security event to watch
Kurt Stammberger is the VP of Market Development at Mocana and the Chair of the Amphion Forum. He is best known as the founder of the annual RSA Conference. He joined RSA …
The Internet of Things: Key Applications and Protocols
The Internet of Things describes the Home Area Networking, Building Automation and AMI protocols and their evolution towards open protocols based on IP such as 6LowPAN and …
Huge threats still targeting power grids
One year ago, the Stuxnet virus had just been discovered. A year’s worth of analysis still has not unlocked its secrets but it has had a profound influence upon the …