Archive for 'Smart Grid'
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 [...]
Author: Dale Peterson
Posted: May 26th, 2010 under Smart Grid.
Comments: 3
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 [...]
Author: Dale Peterson
Posted: September 30th, 2009 under SCADA IDS, Security Vendor, Smart Grid.
Comments: 2
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 [...]
Author: Dale Peterson
Posted: July 13th, 2009 under Security Tools, Smart Grid, The Rack.
Comments: 5
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 [...]
Author: Jason Holcomb
Posted: March 25th, 2009 under Big Picture, Smart Grid.
Comments: 6