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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Re:Make the process open

[Adambomb]

Systems that control key infrastructure for your nations production and commerce should be on an completely separate network. End of story really.

For the information that needs to be distributed over the internet, make it eyes only transferred from the control network to the internet connected systems (double workstation setup). Then your only concern is direct espionage.