CYBERSAFE ON THE SMART GRID
10 ways to deal with cybersecurity in a smart grid world
Ucilia Wang, September 16, 2011 (GigaOm)
"…The U.S. Department of Energy released [Roadmap to Achieve Energy Delivery Systems Cybersecurity]…that aims to help public and private sectors figure out ways to protect the electric grid against cybersecurity breaches."
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"Concerns about cybersecurity have actually grown with the deployment of smart grid technologies, which typically means using digital communication devices with common technical standards…[That] could lead to a hodgepodge of legacy and modern equipment in the transmission and distribution networks that don’t work well together. That also makes it difficult to implement rules and security technologies…[The report] includes a broader array of technologies and scenarios…[and] aims to encourage utilities to invest in cybersecurity measures…"
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