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In response to growing concerns about the current electric grid's vulnerability to cyber attack, there’s a push on several fronts to develop better security solutions for the Smart Grid. Today, utilities typically link grid monitoring and control systems to open networks such as the Internet and critics charge they are not doing enough to reduce risks. Watch this section for insights on the future of cyber security – as well as solutions for safeguarding physical properties such as substations and transmission towers.
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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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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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Massive global Smart Grid infrastructure upgrades have also spurred investments in cyber security to protect the electric grid from hackers and terrorists. Pike Research expects those investments to reach about $21 billion within five years. |
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As utilities around the world have initiated major smart grid infrastructure upgrades over the past several years, cyber security has become a critical priority. Security measures are designed to protect the electrical grid from attacks by terrorists and hackers, as well as strengthening its resilience against natural disasters and inadvertent threats such as equipment failures and user errors. According to a new report from Pike Research, the intense focus on smart grid cyber security from utilities, infrastructure vendors, standards bodies, and world governments is spurring a surge in revenue growth, and the cleantech market intelligence firm forecasts that the sector will increase from $1.2 billion in 2009 to $3.7 billion by 2015. |
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The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued the second draft of its Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and Requirements, which now identifies more than 120 interfaces that will link diverse devices, systems, and organizations engaged in two-way flows of electricity and information and classifies these connections according to the risks posed by a potential security breach. This document will undergo public review, ending on April 2, 2010. After reviewing the comments received and completing ongoing analyses of requirements and relevant standards, the working group will finalize the Smart Grid cyber security strategy. NIST expects to issue a completed report by early summer. Click to download the pdf. |
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The sky isn't falling, but security expert Jack Danahy says the increase in frequency of cyber attacks against U.S. companies and government organizations is a serious wake-up call - doubly so for utilities engaged in the build out of a software-centric Smart Grid. His advice? Press for information, press for help and err on the side of over-preparation. He explains inside. |
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Here's a question that often pops up after a cybersecurity incident involving the grid: Why are utilities so far behind banks and retailers and even the government in IT security? But Smart Grid security expert Jack Danahy says it's really not a fair question. Utilities are a different beast and Jack says it's time to stop pointing fingers and start figuring out how to get where we need to go. |
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Security expert Jack Danahy pulls no punches when he examines the disturbing collision of modern, internetworking IT and the existing SCADA-driven grid as it relates to cybersecurity. Should you be concerned? Jack says yes. Is there something you should be doing? Yes again. |
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Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. today announced that the recently released SEL-3620 Ethernet Security Gateway is now available for $2,800. |
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Utility execs participating in the Pacific Crest Mosaic Smart Grid survey rated cyber security as the most important standard for Smart Grid implementation. See what other standards took top spots. |
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What security expert Andy Bochman wants to know is why utilities aren't telling their stories when it comes to safeguards against hackers and other potential Smart Grid security risks. Find out why he's concerned about eroding confidence - and why he thinks utility execs should be too. |
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Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has partnered with a broad range of industry-leading utility companies on projects that will upgrade the nation's electric grid - making it more efficient, reliable, interoperable and secure against cyber attacks. |
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Looking back at the exploits of a hacker at a hospital in Texas has security expert Jack Danahy thinking of the SCADA security challenges associated with the new Smart Grid environment in some different and more urgent ways. |
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Canadian utilities are getting nervous about what they see as probable unilateral action by the U.S. to protect the electric grid in the event of cyber-attacks. |
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Smart Grid security expert Andy Bochman tries to bring a balanced perspective to some of the alarmist outcry we're hearing about cyber attacks against the grid. |
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Denim Group, an IT consultancy that develops secure software and helps organizations assess and mitigate risks with their existing software, is advising utility companies of significant security and privacy risks as they transition to smart grid technologies. With advanced meters and smart grid technologies being deployed, Internet attacks, malware, and privacy breaches have become a bigger risk if the appropriate defenses are not engineered into the system from inception. Far-reaching scenarios involving power to homes being shut down were once remote but have now become feasible. |
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The utility industry’s ongoing adoption of smart grid digital technology is bringing many conservation and cost-saving benefits, and with them some unprecedented cyber security threats. To help electric utilities meet these evolving challenges and opportunities, Verizon Business today unveiled a new suite of professional consulting services. |
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Verizon Business has added security consulting to its portfolio of security services to help utilities working with Smart Grid technologies meet infrastructure protection standards. |
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Utilities are asking consumers to take advantage of the cost-cutting potential and environmental benefits of new Smart Grid technologies. But as Jim Alfred of Certicom Corp. points out, creating the world’s largest distributed command and control system has its risks. |
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The federal government's stimulus grants fueled a very powerful and creative technical engine within the energy industry. But Smart Grid security expert Jack Danahy warns that speeding too fast down this unfamiliar road could be a big mistake. Find out why. |
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When security expert Jack Danahy raised the alarm about the coming Smart Grid data surge a few weeks back, he got folks’ attention. He also got some objections to the conclusions he’d drawn – so he decided to dig deeper. Now he’s back with even more details on the coming surge, and they're pretty convincing. |
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Regulators from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE, and the North American Electric Reliability Corp. told a House panel this week that they do not now have the authority to move quickly against threats to the electric grid, and offered support for legislation that could correct the deficiency. |
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In recent months, the media have been buzzing with talk about the "Smart Grid," especially since then-President-Elect Barack Obama featured the need for new Smart Grid technology in a January 2009 speech on the economy. Now, the Information Trust Institute (ITI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and its partner institutions have been recruited to contribute towards the ongoing development of a resilient, secure Smart Grid in the United States, following the announcement of a major award of research support from the U.S. Department of Energy with contributions from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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A computer virus at Integral Energy in Australia threatened to take down some of its vital control room operator displays. Alex Zheng provides a look at some fundamental errors that could have created even bigger problems. |
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