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National Defense October 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Fears of Devastating Cyber-Attacks on Electric Grid, Critical Infrastructure Grow Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned that the United States faces "a major cyber-event that will have a serious effect on our lives, our economy and the everyday functioning of our society."
InternetNews September 15, 2009	U.S. Reviewing Cyber Threat to Power Grid Chinese researcher uses publicly available data to demonstrate how cyber terrorists could knockout entire West Coast grid with relative ease.
Fast Company Michael Grothaus	For First Time, Cyber Attack Causes Widespread Electricity Blackout The first known cyber attack to cause widespread public blackouts has occurred in Ukraine, it is believed.
National Defense August 2011 Zhen Zhang	Cohesive Cybersecurity Policy Needed For Electric Grid Securing the electric grid is one of the key components of preventing terrorist attacks in the United States and increasing the country's resilience and recovery from such events.
National Defense September 2012 Stew Magnuson	Feds Fear Coordinated Physical, Cyber-Attacks on Electrical Grids Electrical grids in the United States are vulnerable to both cyber-attacks and space weather, federal officials have said.
InternetNews July 29, 2010	U.S. General Details the Impact of Cyber War At the Black Hat security conference, retired General and former CIA director Michael Hayden explains the dangers of cyber attacks.
National Defense March 2015 Sarah Sicard	North Korean Cyber Attack on Sony Poses Tough Security Questions While cyber attacks are on the rise around the world -- both from inside and outside threats -- this was the first known instance of a country deliberately causing destruction to a U.S. company's data.
CIO January 4, 2012 Mark Rowh	Smart Grid Security Inadequate, Threats Abound As the Stuxnet attack shows, malicious hackers "clearly have the upper hand" over power grid systems, a new study says. A lack of strict standards and a hodgepodge of products have created today's chaotic state of utility cybersecurity.
National Defense March 2014 Stew Magnuson	Power Companies Struggle to Maintain Defenses Against Cyber-Attacks When experts rank U.S. industries' abilities to ward off potentially damaging cyber-attacks, the electric utilities are normally near the bottom.
National Defense June 2011 Stew Magnuson	When it Comes to Cybersecurity, the 'Who is Responsible for What?' Debate Continues Most experts seem to agree that the U.S. government's collective efforts to secure the Internet from large-scale attacks and other nefarious activities are lacking.
National Defense January 2016 Stephanie Meloni	Defense Department Assuming Growing Cyber Security Role The Defense Department sees cyber as a domain that spans air, land, sea and space, but it struggles with how to handle it as a war fighting domain to best protect the nation.
Popular Mechanics April 2009 Glenn Derene	How Vulnerable is U.S. Infrastructure to a Major Cyber Attack? The next world war might not start with a bang, but with a blackout.
InternetNews April 8, 2009 Alex Goldman	U.S. Electricity Grid Compromised The threat is real but, unfortunately, not new. What is new, say reports, is actual evidence of espionage.
InternetNews September 29, 2010	Cyber Storm Simulation Tests Nation's Readiness The three days of simulations sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security, are designed to test the U.S.'s ability to respond to a major attack on its digital infrastructure.
InternetNews January 28, 2010	IT Managers Brace for a Barrage of Cyber Attacks Despite increased awareness and new state and federal legislation, most enterprise IT managers expect to be victimized by a major cyber attack in the next five years.
InternetNews March 19, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Experts See Shortfall in Cybersecurity Research With the nation under constant attack, witnesses call on Commerce Committee to prioritize cybersecurity and promote education in the field.
InternetNews July 28, 2010	Cyberattacks Hit Businesses With Big Bills New study from Ponemon Institute and security vendor ArcSight details rising cost of cyber-attacks, with businesses reporting at least one major attack a week.
Home Theater April 1, 2010 Mark Fleischmann	Smart Meters Maybe Not So Smart Security holes may let hackers steal your juice.
InternetNews October 27, 2010	Does the U.S. Need an Internet 'Kill Switch'? A majority of U.S. consumers surveyed said the government should have the authority to shut down parts of the Internet if necessary to head off a cyber attack.
InternetNews February 25, 2010	Intel Confirms Details of Cyber Attack In regulatory filing, Intel outlines "sometimes successful" attacks that infiltrated the company's systems around the same time as the massive attack on Google and other companies.
PC World July 9, 2002 Dan Verton	Experts Expect a Major Terrorist Cyberattack Security and intelligence officials say an attack will happen, and warn that we're not ready to respond.
InternetNews September 14, 2006 Roy Mark	U.S. Unprepared for Internet Attack Recovery Cyber security experts cite lack of leadership from government and cooperation from private sector.
Fast Company Daniel Terdiman	AP Report: U.S. Power Grid Subject To Repeated Foreign Hacks The U.S. power grid is subject to being hacked from abroad, and foreign hackers have gained remote access to American power operations about a dozen times over the last decade.
InternetNews March 24, 2010	IBM Smart Grid Push Aims for Power Efficiency In a team-up with eMeter, IBM plans to help public utilities improve their power usage and efficiency.
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 Madani & Novoosel	Getting a Grip on the Grid The findings of major electric disturbances around the world highlight the need for cross-regional grid reforms, so that the best available technology is promptly put to use, without lengthy delays arising from American legislative or regulatory processes.
InternetNews February 17, 2010	When the Cyber Attack Comes, Will We Be Ready? War-game simulation of a massive cyber attack on U.S. infrastructure highlights emergency provisions administration officials might be forced to take.
InternetNews March 11, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Federal Cybersecurity: Not for the Spooks? Security experts warn lawmakers against placing too much control over federal cybersecurity in the hands of the intelligence community.
InternetNews September 11, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Lawmakers Warned of Threats to the Grid On anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks, House subcommittee mulls cyber security bill.
Wired March 23, 2009 Brendan I. Koerner	Power to the People: 7 Ways to Fix the Grid, Now The grid took more than a century to grow into the unwieldy beast it is now. Given the urgency of climate change, energy independence, and economic demands, we have only a fraction of that time to fix it.
National Defense July 2007 Breanne Wagner	Experts Downplay Imminent Threat of Cyberterrorism U.S. officials are worried about the threat of a terrorist attack against civilian and government computer systems, but experts say any attack by cyber terrorists is likely to be non-debilitating worms and viruses.
National Defense January 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Homeland Defense Research Agency Directs Attention To Cyber Security Fearing the specter of crippling attacks on government and private sector computer systems, federal officials are stepping up efforts to foil cyber terrorism.
CIO June 1, 2004	P.S. on the Blackout: Mind Your IT A power company in northern Ohio called FirstEnergy missed signs that there were potential problems in its portion of North America's electrical grid. A report that followed the incident made a note for power companies to mind their network infrastructures.
InternetNews September 24, 2010	Obama Admin Mulls Cybersecurity, Senate Bill Stalls Head of U.S. Cyber Command describes White House-led review of current cybersecurity authorities, while efforts in the Senate for comprehensive reform appear to have hit a roadblock.
InternetNews June 30, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Net Ushering in Era of War Without Borders Expert sees a new face of cyber warfare forcing 'some of the hardest national security decisions you'll have to make.'
National Defense November 2015 Tomas O'Keefe	Three Homeland Security Agencies to Watch Knowing where to target sales activities as well as the challenges facing homeland security should help you identify existing opportunities to support DHS to ensure the safety and security of the American public.
InternetNews August 4, 2009	Cyber War Could Cause Global Collateral Damage The effects of an all-out cyber war would be impossible to control and could be felt worldwide, experts say.
National Defense January 2016 Allyson Versprille	Fragmented Cyber Legislation Hinders Military The patchwork of legislation that allows the U.S. military and government to perform cyber operations is too disjointed to enable an effective and swift response, a former Army officer said.
InternetNews November 17, 2009	U.S. Cybersecurity Can Halt 80% of Attacks at Best Senate panel probes ties between cybersecurity and terrorism as uncertainty continues about where authority should reside.
Bank Technology News May 1, 2008 Rebecca Sausner	Homeland Security: Manhattan Project for Cyber Sec The federal government has begun to offer details on an expensive, and targeted, defensive cyber-security plan to protect our nation's financial markets.
IEEE Spectrum December 2010 Seth Blumsack	How the Free Market Rocked the Grid It led to higher rates and rolling blackouts, but it also opened the door to greener forms of electricity generation
CIO April 15, 2002	Cybersecurity Bill Update The passage of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act has put technology, and consequently technology workers, on the front lines of the war on cyberterrorism...
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National Defense August 2015 Sandra I. Erwin	Dirty Little Secrets of the Cyber Business The federal government can be the ticket to prosperity. Not so much for the amount of money it spends, but because government networks are ground zero for the cyber wars that are being fought on a daily basis.
InternetNews October 9, 2009 Larry Barrett	Cyber Terrorism Demands New Tactics: Study RAND Corporation says fighting online threats to national security requires nontraditional tactics, immediate attention.
Popular Mechanics April 21, 2009 Glenn Derene	Obama Set to Provide a New Direction for Cyber Security in U.S. In light of shocking security lapses, Obama will soon announce a new direction for the United States to combat cyber threats.
National Defense July 2015 Teka Thomas	Cyber Defense: Who's in Charge? The author describes the governmental players and legal frameworks that are vital to national cyber security issues.
InternetNews February 10, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Obama Calls for Cybersecurity Review After a string of breaches and data leaks, president orders two-month interagency review to shore up computing infrastructure.
National Defense July 2012 Eric Beidel	iCollege Takes Nation's Cybersecurity Leaders Back to School The iCollege, also known as the Information Resources Management College, is working to fill the gap in knowledge that exists among the senior leadership trying to carve out policies and strategies under which the government's "cyberwarriors" must operate.
National Defense May 2014 Reeder & Bradel	Cyber Security Regime Undergoing Changes The rules governing the security of the information technology systems of contractors and the private sector are in a continual state of flux as the federal government struggles to get its arms around an ever-changing landscape.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010 John Keller	DARPA moves ahead with National Cyber Range project for advanced cyber security research The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency in Arlington, Va., is awarding multimillion-dollar contracts to two research organizations to build prototype advanced computing centers to demonstrate and test cyber security, defensive information warfare, and information assurance technologies.