Smarter grids that outsmart hackers - Industry Groups Drive Security Forward

摘要

Ask an information technology (IT) security analyst about the greatest point of failure risk in the U.S. cybersecurity defense infrastructure, and almost instantly the reply is "the electric power grid." "Terrorists don't need a bomb or a missile strike to wreak massive disruption on the grid," said a security expert at an industry analyst firm recently. "All they need is access to a single user's shared Web portal, which is likely secured by a single password, and with even the most rudimentary skills, they can shut us down."