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Today Smart Grid powerhouses Cisco and Itron announced a strategic alliance to deliver a definitive IP-based communications platform. What does it mean for the rest of us? Jesse Berst offers some insight.
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Security expert Andy Bochman argues that car companies and utilities – two elderly sectors of the U.S. economy – have more in common today than you might imagine. Andy points out that both are grappling with the impact of smart technologies that are rewriting workflows and business models and yes – security practices too. |
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Just a quick post today from Andy Bochman, who is in San Jose attending the first-ever Smart Grid Cyber Security Summit. His first impressions are positive; find out why inside. |
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If you have anything to do with security at a major U.S. utility right now, Andy Bochman feels your pain. FERC/NERC CIP nipping at your heels, Smart Grid initiatives coming at you, and still the need to help keep customers’ lights on 24/7. How to cope? Andy’s got some thoughts inside. |
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The Stuxnet worm targeting control systems and utility companies is heavy-duty malware. Security blogger Andy Bochman says that means USG and FERC must get way more serious about energy control system security and issue mandatory policy. Why? Without a crippling blow from Stuxnet, Andy predicts most utilities will simply move along with no procedural changes. Find out why he calls that unacceptable. |
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With the FUD meter running high regarding grid security, SGN blogger Andy Bochman is taking a little solace in a Wired report that suggests Chicken Little has it wrong. Not that there isn’t plenty to worry about in terms of securing the grid against attack, but as Andy puts it, a balanced perspective is a good thing. Click inside for details. |
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Security blogger Andy Bochman highlights a discussion he came across on LinkedIn that puts the onus on the industry – not utilities – to do a better job of articulating ROI for Smart Grid projects. Click inside and see if you agree. |
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Besides steel, the typical car of 2010 has over 200 million lines of software code. That’s far more software, according to Smart Grid security ace Andy Bochman, than it takes to run a space shuttle. Andy has some concerns about the security implications when EVs loaded with code start plugging into the grid – and you probably should too. |
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Unlike many industries that adopt new technologies and new business models incrementally, the utility industry doesn’t have that luxury. That’s why security pro Jack Danahy wants more clarity around the security characteristics required for the new and highly varied data sources emerging with the Smart Grid. Find out why he’s pushing the “Hexad” – and what it means to you. |
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Security blogger Andy Bochman came away from a conference last week with more than just security on the brain. In today’s post he talks about seeing a doozy of a wind farm, a sobering moment during a HAN panel and catching the buzz on microgrids. And that’s just for starters. |
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Joe Weiss is a man with a mission – and in today’s post Andy Bochman says the utility control system security advocate appears to be making some headway. If you aren’t up to speed on Joe’s cause – and what it means to your utility – Andy’s got you covered. |
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Working a job – but not your passion? Andy Bochman points out that our energy future needs plenty of talented, passionate people to get involved and make it happen. You’ll meet one guy who recently made the leap – plus we’ve got links to resources that can help you do the same. |
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Our own version of Dr. Phil is here today to talk about relationships – in this case the emotional rollercoaster ride that depicts our changing relationship with power. It’s an insightful piece from security guru Jack Danahy on the seachange we’ll all deal with as we move toward the reality of a modern electric grid. |
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With utilities facing tremendous change in the years ahead, forecasting can get complicated. Do you describe where you’ve been, or imagine where you’re going? Security expert Andy Bochman says he’s seen a mixed bag of approaches in talking to utilities. In today’s post he explains which ones are likely to win – and why.
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Why the heck would the Gartner Group call Smart Grid security a myth? That’s what security blogger Jack Danahy wanted to know, so he had a conversation with one of the authors of the recent Gartner analysis of the Smart Grid security space. Jack came away with some eye-opening revelations – and you’ll probably find them as interesting as he did. |
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You probably haven’t pored through the new House bill that aims to protect the next-gen grid – but our intrepid security blogger Jack Danahy has. And good thing he’s got our back on this one; he’s discovered a key disconnect in the proposed GRID Act and recommends some tuning and clarification before it becomes reality. Click inside and see why Jack thinks it’s so important that Congress gets this right. |
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What does the big Y2K scare at the turn of the century have in common with today’s Smart Grid roll-outs? Security expert Andy Bochman recalls that perceived Y2K threats and remediation costs were used to justify new apps and the shuttering of older apps and systems. It became a catalyst for modernization and efficiency – and Andy believes that same ‘taking stock’ drill could be a boon to utilities readying for the Smart Grid. |
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Now that the technology basics are out of the way, the challenge for demand response is getting customers to participate. Jesse Berst is at DistribuTECH, where he's finding more than one opinion on the best way to do that. |
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Understanding the ultimate source of a cyber attack – or the mindset of the attacker – is more like reading tea leaves than a biography. At least that’s why Jack Danahy says his focus is always on the vulnerability or the damage and what we can learn from it. Question is, should we interpret a report out of China on how to cause a cascading failure of the U.S. power grid the same way? Jack has some thoughts on that. See if you agree. |
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The momentum taking us towards more automated grid operations is now unstoppable, suggests security expert Andy Bochman. But he says that the confidence game needs to be expanded to include the folks who run the grid on a day-to-day basis. He raises an important point. |
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You would have to pay a consultant big bucks for the incredibly detailed and spot-on advice about Smart Grid security you’re getting (for free) in today’s post by security expert Jack Danahy. Whether you’re just getting started down the security path or want to make sure you ace the course, don’t miss this one. |
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Months back our foresighted security bloggers started sounding the alarm about the coming Smart Grid data surge. Now it’s become a hot button industry-wide and Andy Bochman is back with some advice you probably shouldn’t ignore. |
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If you ask security expert Jack Danahy about Smart Grid privacy challenges, he’ll tell you they aren’t all that different than those that could have been envisioned in other industries (for instance banking or retail), but were overlooked. So as our industry tries to figure out data privacy, he says the easiest mistake to make in these early days will be to insufficiently separate the data elements. Find out why. |
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Given that so much of the Smart Grid “smarts” involves new applications and other advances in software, security expert Andy Bochman says an important way to think about NERC CIP and your organization is to focus on your software assets. With compliance looming, you don't want to miss this one. |
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How do you wrap your head around NIST's latest draft of a cybersecurity framework - as in all 305 pages of it? Security expert Jack Danahy decided to look at comments made about the previous draft to see how they were handled in the current document. What he found may surprise you. |
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New petition for evidence quality in SmartGrid ops
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