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Submitted by IanVerhappen on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 20:52.

Here we go, the most challenging of all steps is the first one so I will start safe (baby steps concept) by sharing with you the topics I hope to cover in this blog:

From 'The Great Kanduski: Best Practices in Industrial Networking'

Is Wurldtech Present at the Creation, Ahead of the Curve or Both?

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Submitted by nbartels on Fri, 07/10/2009 - 14:42.

This just in from our friends at ARC. While Wurldtech may be getting its ducks in a row to lead on cybersecurity for the smart grid, that could be an overnight success several years in the making.

According to ARC, in a release dated today:

From 'Sound Off! Editors' Blog'

Buggy smart meters can infect the Smart Grid

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Submitted by waltboyes on Wed, 06/17/2009 - 15:34.

In a report published June 12th, Register.com's Dan Goodin reports, "The newfangled meters needed to make the smart grid work are built on buggy software that's easily hacked, said Mike Davis, a senior security consultant for IOActive. The vast majority of them use no encryption and ask for no authentication before carrying out sensitive functions such as running software updates and severing customers from the power grid. The vulnerabilities, he said, are ripe for abuse."

From 'Unfettered Blog'

How Secure is Smart Grid??? Read this and answer it for yourself.

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Submitted by waltboyes on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 18:27.

We received this press release this morning from GE Energy. While we applaud GE and its customer for being in the forefront of Smart Grid technology, we continue to wonder, reading the release, where the security provisions come in.

GE Helps the United Kingdom Meet its Goal of Placing Smart Grid Technology in Every Home by 2020

Trial Project Brings Together the Technology and Resources of GE Energy and Scottish and Southern Energy for Smart Meter Home Study

From 'Unfettered Blog'

GE leads Smart Grid...

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Submitted by waltboyes on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 14:18.

I received this press release this morning:

GE Advocates for Standards to Promote Security, Interoperability and Innovation at Meeting Led by U.S. Energy Secretary and Commerce Secretary

From 'Unfettered Blog'

The Automation Stimulus Plan-- call it Smart Grid

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Submitted by waltboyes on Fri, 04/17/2009 - 13:29.

How much is automation going to matter to the recovery from this economic meltdown? We know the answer, and it is, "we matter plenty."

It appears that the US Administration also knows the answer. Yesterday, Vice President Biden and Secretary of Commerce (and former Washington State Governor) Gary Locke, toured the ABB transformer plant in Jefferson City, Mo., and made some important announcements about automation and the Smart Grid.

Here's the press release that ABB sent out this morning:

From 'Sound Off! Editors' Blog'

The Man from FERC Speaks

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Submitted by nbartels on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 11:18.

This morning, an interview with Jon Wellinghoff, the new chairman of FERC appears in Salon magazine, The man has big plans.  Making them happen is a whole 'nother thing.

From 'Sound Off! Editors' Blog'

If the Wall Street Journal reports it it must be true...

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Submitted by waltboyes on Wed, 04/08/2009 - 11:50.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that there are spies in the grid and hackers, too. Lions, and Tigers, and Bears, Oh My!

But really, we already knew this, and the fact that the WSJ and other mainstream media are beginning to report and ask the questions more intelligently is a big win.

Here's the lede from the article:

From 'Unfettered Blog'

About that Smart Grid...

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Submitted by waltboyes on Thu, 02/26/2009 - 17:32.

From the press release:

SEL President Edmund O. Schweitzer Discusses Smart Grid Challenges in NRTC Keynote Discussion

From 'Unfettered Blog'