US Preps Cyber Outfit To Protect Electric Grid

coondoggie writes to mention that the US Department of Energy is planning to set up a new "National Energy Sector Cyber Organization" in order to protect the national bulk power electric grid. For the low, low cost of $8.5 million they will help integrate smart grid technology with the electric grid, speed research, and establish new policy and protocols. "It is paramount that smart grid devices and interoperability standards include protections against cyber intrusions and have systems that are designed from the start (not patches added on) that prevent unauthorized persons from gaining entry through the millions of new access points created by the deployment of smart grid technologies, Hoffman stated."

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"Cyber Outfit"

[Culture20]

Did anyone else imagine the "Greatest American Hero" suit?

Whenever You See the Prefix "Cyber"...

[RobotRunAmok]

...and you double-check the calendar, and you see that it is not 1996, you know you are in for some expensive government boondoggle or another.

Is Bruce Willis involved?

[gestalt_n_pepper]

I mean you just kind of figure he'd have to be.