Emergency drill: Cyberattack on electric grid
As Worries Over the Power Grid Rise, a Drill Will Simulate a Knockout Blow By Matthew L. Wald August 16, 2013. New York Times. The electric grid is the glass jaw of American industry. If an adversary...
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A book review by Alice Friedemann of “CYBER WAR. The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It” by Richard A. Clarke and Robert K. Knake. The New York Times describes author Richard...
View ArticleThe electric grid, critical interdependencies, vulnerabilities. House of...
Notes from: Congressional Record. September 4 & 23, 2003. Implications of power blackouts for the nation’s cyber-security and critical infrastructure protection. House of Representatives. 246...
View ArticleIt’s only a matter of time before Cyber Terrorists launch attacks
Joel Brenner’s “America the Vulnerable: Inside the New Threat Matrix of Digital Espionage, Crime, and Warfare“. A book review by Alice Friedemann Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of...
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Threats to America’s drinking and sewage treatment infrastructure
[ Here are a few of the points made in this 170 page document about improving the nation’s water system security (excerpts follow): There are many potential threats to water infrastructure, including...
View ArticleFood shortages as the energy crisis grows and supply chains break?
Preface. This is a long preface followed by two articles about how supply chains and complex tractors may be affected by energy shortages and consequent supply chain failures in the future.Which we’re...
View ArticleMilitary Threats: Peak oil, population, climate change, pandemics, economic...
Mackintosh C (2010) Peak Oil “The debate is over”. Permaculture research institute. https://www.permaculturenews.org/2010/11/10/peak-oil-the-debate-is-over/ Preface. The military is more realistic...
View ArticleInfrastructure interdependencies: an attack on one is an attack on all
An Attack on Energy Infrastructure would affect all other Infrastructure I should consolidate my many posts on cyber attacks, EMPs, and other ways the electric grid could come down, but our...
View ArticleRisks of cyber attack on Infrastructure
Delacourt TP (2022) Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure as the New WMD. Homeland Security. Preface. What follows are several articles on how cyber attacks could harm our infrastructure across at...
View ArticleCybersecurity supply chain deep dive assessment U.S. Department of Energy
Preface. I’ve been reading about cyber threats since 2007, and a problem still true today is that the government can do nothing except a few puny regulations here and there for the most part, since...
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