Comments on: Smart Grid Security: Little Debate, Lots of Money

By: Tark Dom

Tark Dom — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:22:54 +0000

While smart grid security is important, honestly, I think companies like IOActive have really exaggerated the problem. I work in IT and many of the issues these companies keep describing are relatively easily fixed with well known and proven security measures. Moreover, I do not trust a security firm that uses exaggerated claims and fear to win business. Its pretty clear IOActive (and firms like them) want to manipulate this situation into a lot of money for themselves.

By: RitaF

RitaF — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:04:26 +0000

Too much needless news. I couldn't agree more that there is need for a secure national electric system. But I don't want to hear about it everyday. If you are in the business of supplying electricity make the system secure and robust. It is just like food, banking, investments, credit, etc. If you are in any of those businesses you make it work with the security that is needed. I don't need to hear about it, see it or fund it.

By: Kurt Morrow

Kurt Morrow — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:08:11 +0000

Lets stop and think.We could spend billions to build and billions every year to defend the undefendable not so smart grid or design and retrofit efficiency and renewable energy solar into all new building and existing buildings creating lots of new permanent middle class jobs installing and maintaining solar on every building in the country.Thats right we can't do that, it creates jobs that can't be outsourced we wouldn't want to do that. Long term being 100% renewable and individually owned would give our consumers safety, security and a hell of an economic advantage.Excuse me did I offend corporate america, don't worry GE you can get rich carrying the financing on every system in america. It's time for our equivalent of the space race on individual home solar.

By: n3td3v

n3td3v — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:03:15 +0000

It's likely these utilities have been infiltrated the old fashioned way through human assets bringing in embedded malware in chip sets and circuit boards which can all be command lined back at the adversaries command and control cyber headquarters in some rogue state somewhere.