Electrifying: Play-By-Play

September 12, 2019 by Marc Handelman in ICS, ICS/SCADA, Information Security, Electrical Engineering, Utility Companies, Utility Providers, Utilities, Cybersecurity, Cyber Statecraft

via William Knowle's Infosec News (a security news compilation organization), comes this fascinating North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) report document (expertly presented by E&ENews Reporter Blake Sobczak) - ostensibly, a 'play-by-play' of the first cyberattack of a US Energy Utility. Think it can't happen here? It already has...

"But the March 5 event was significant enough to spur the victim utility to report it to the Department of Energy, marking the first disruptive "cyber event" on record for the U.S. power grid (Energywire, April 30). The case offered a stark demonstration of the risks U.S. power utilities face as their critical control networks grow more digitized and interconnected — and more exposed to hackers. "Have as few internet facing devices as possible," NERC urged in its report." - via E&ENews reporter Blake Sobczak

NCCoE Releases New Electric Utility Cybersecurity Practice Guide →

February 16, 2017 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, NIST NCCoE, Internetwork Security, Infrastructure, Information Security, Utilities, NIST

The NCCoE has announced a new NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide (currently in draft mode - for your commenting pleasure...) and entitled - "SP 1800-7 Situational Awareness for Electric Utilities. Enjoy.

33c3, Netanel Rubin's 'On Smart Cities, Smart Energy, And Dumb Security' →

January 06, 2017 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Utilities, Common Sense, Conferences, Control Systems, ICS/SCADA, Information Security, Smart Grids, Smart Meters

Smart Is As - Smart Isn't, The Litany of Smart Meters →

January 02, 2017 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Syber-This Syber-That, Smart Grids, Electrical Engineering, Utilities

Whatever you do do not turn up the heat...

Internets of Energy →

March 02, 2015 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Commerce, Electrical Engineering, ICS/SCADA, Information Security, Internet Antiquities, National Security, Infrastructure, Smart Grids, Utilities

In which, the National Science Foundation NSF regales us with the Horrible Revelation that our power grid's baseline technological underpinnings are firmly ensconced within Industrial Age capabilities. Bad says you, Huzzah!