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Legal & Regulatory
Bolstering Power Grid Cybersecurity in an Era of Hybrid Threats
Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Russian government-affiliated hackers orchestrated cyberattacks that targeted Ukraine’s electrical grid and energy infrastructure. In early March of last year, one cyberattack successfully disabled a high-voltage transmission station near Kyiv, resulting in a power outage in the capital. Later that month, another cyberattack targeted three regional electric power […]
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Connected Plant
Energy Is the Most-Targeted Sector for Cyberattacks: Here’s What to Do
The energy sector recorded three times as many operational technology (OT) and/or industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity incidents as the next closest vertical, according to a study conducted by the Cyentia Institute, a research and data science firm, and sponsored by Rockwell Automation, an industrial automation and information provider. “Energy, critical manufacturing, water treatment, and […]
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Cybersecurity
Keeping the Lights On: How Plant Operators Manage Cyber Risk
Interrupting power grids is one of the most effective ways to cripple a town or a city. If a region can’t keep the lights on, pretty much everything must come to a halt until the issue is remedied. For this reason, the power and energy industry has become a prime target for cyberattacks on operational […]
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Commentary
Stronger Cybersecurity Key to Utility Infrastructure
Cybersecurity risks can occur daily, taking multiple forms. While there are personal measures that the general population can do to eliminate some of these risks, power utility companies must take a more aggressive approach to keep the communities they serve safe and their security unquestioned. COMMENTARY Should a power utility company face a cyberattack, it […]
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Hackers May Already be in Your Infrastructure—Now What?
Cyber-attacks on industrial control systems (ICSs) are no longer a hypothetical. As pieced together by the Wall Street Journal, in 2017, Russian hackers attacked a small construction company, exploiting the organization’s connections with utilities and government agencies. Through an integrator, the hackers accessed computer-network credentials, giving them the ability to get into computer systems that […]
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IIOT Power
Intrusion-Tolerant SCADA Demonstrated at Power Plant
Researchers have successfully demonstrated an open-source supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system designed to withstand attacks and compromises on the power grid. The intrusion-tolerant system—called “Spire”—keeps power flowing even if part of the system is compromised, and it may be a breakthrough for grid resiliency, industry observers said. Spire was built from the ground […]
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Cybersecurity
Iranian Cyberattack Infiltrated Control System of New York Dam
Hackers believed to be connected to Iran infiltrated the control system of a small dam outside New York City in 2013, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The Bowman Avenue Dam in Rye Brook, about 20 miles northeast of the city, is small and used only for flood control. While the hackers […]
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