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Smart Grid Expectation Problem

We could be looking at highly successful Smart Grid program results that are viewed as failures because of improperly set expectations. Let me explain.
After Distributech in March, I blogged some thoughts on where Smart Grid stood and what the future might bring. It launched interesting discussions with some friends who are intellectually and emotionally invested [...]

Cisco Places Another Marker in the Market

Normally we would not comment on a marketing press release, but this is Cisco and even a marketing effort from a giant like that can have a big impact.
Recently Cisco announced that their services group announced grid security services, hat tip: Matt Franz, @frednecksec. These services included cyber and physical security services and even mentioned [...]

Falling Off The Wurldtech Bandwagon

Long time and loyal blog readers know that Digital Bond and myself personally were early supporters of the Achilles test platform and protocol stack certification. In fact our vocal support even resulted in a contract to help create the Achilles Level 1 Certification program. We blogged in detail on the product and certification program. Our [...]

Does More Technology = Inherently More Secure?

There have been many critical infrastructure and smart grid “cyber attack” discussions and articles in recent weeks. The April issue of Popular Mechanics even addresses the topic in the article “How Vulnerable is U.S. Infrastructure to a Major Cyber Attack?“. I wanted to point this one out for a couple of reasons.
First, it’s a decent [...]