Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:27:12 +0000
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a G4-level severe geomagnetic storm watch, urging the North American power grid to prepare for a powerful coronal mass ejection (CME) […]
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Credit to Author: Christina Hoefer| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 15:27:05 +0000
Let’s be honest. Operational technology (OT) security issues are expected. Traditional OT systems were designed for specific functional—operational—purposes. Plus, they were designed to last for many decades. The power grid, […]
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Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:14:06 +0000
FBI Director Christopher Wray, while speaking at the Vanderbilt Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats in Nashville, Tennessee, in April, warned that U.S. critical infrastructure is a prime target […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 19:05:57 +0000
The North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) will for the first time consider “energy policy” among five significant evolving and interdependent risks to grid reliability. In its latest biennial ERO Reliability […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 19:27:02 +0000
A wide range of industries fall under the umbrella of critical infrastructure, and they are all—as the name implies—critical. From energy production and water treatment to transportation and data storage, everything within critical infrastructure serves an essential purpose when it comes to the continued functioning of the nation. Unfortunately, that makes critical infrastructure sites a […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Lanahan| Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 14:38:01 +0000
In January, the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) launched its new Building a Better Grid initiative. The DoE’s stated intention for the program is to create a more robust transmission system that will restore the nation’s electrical grid through expanded access and greater resilience. The initiative emphasizes supporting generation and distribution of clean energy, and […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 16:47:25 +0000
Kaspersky Lab experts have identified an overlap in cyberattacks between two infamous threat actors, GreyEnergy – which is believed to be a successor of BlackEnergy – and the Sofacy cyberespionage group. Both actors used the same servers at the same time, with, however, a different purpose.
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