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07/15/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

Three-year modernization program aims to dramatically bolster power grid cybersecurity

(USA Features) Cybersecurity experts are leading a new program to develop new data analysis methods better to protect the nation’s power grid. The primary objective of the project is to develop technologies and methodologies to protect the grid from advanced cyberattacks and cyber threats by developing the means to distinguish between power grid failures caused by cyber […]

03/03/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

Expert: U.S. power grid now ‘valid target’ for hackers

(Cyberwar.news) A expert in smart grid and software assurance technology says that the U.S. power grid has become a “valid target” for cyber attack, and that the nation cannot simply dismiss the possibility that it would ever be targeted either by a rogue entity or an enemy nation-state. William A. Conklin, associate professor in the […]

02/24/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

‘Critical infrastructure’ defined as vulnerable to cyber attack include malls, zoos and power grid

(Cyberwar.news) As more of American society becomes connected to the Internet, much more things become vulnerable to cyber attacks, meaning the government’s “critical infrastructure” list continues to grow as well. In fact, according to the Department of Homeland Security, which defines critical infrastructure, “there are 16 critical infrastructure sectors whose assets, systems, and networks, whether […]

02/23/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

CIA director says his biggest fear is a massive cyberattack on critical U.S. infrastructure

(Cyberwar.news) With little doubt there are a number of things that keep CIA Director John Brennan awake at night, and the growing cyber threat to the United States and the world is high on that list. In a recent interview on the CBS News program “60 Minutes,” Brennan said preventing terrorist attacks has also been […]

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