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Iowa State Challenges Students to Turn Back Cyber Attacks, Keep Lights on, Water Running

February 11, 2016 - in Corporate, Energy, Maintenance, Sensors

AMES, Iowa—Teams of students will face eight straight hours of attacks on the computers and networks behind a simulated city’s power and water utilities. Can they protect all the software, hardware and connections? Will the lights stay on? Will the water…

Iowa State Engineers Build Cyber Security Testbed to Help Protect the Power Grid

AMES, Iowa – It’s easy to think of the electrical grid as the power plants, the high voltage lines, the transmission towers, the substations and all…

About the Critical Infrastructure Cyber Community C³ Voluntary Program

February 16, 2014 - in Projects, Security

The United States depends on critical infrastructure every day to provide energy, water, transportation, financial services, and other capabilities that…

NIST Revises Smart-Grid Guidance with Focus on Security

November 6, 2013 - in Energy, Projects

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is revising its smart-grid guidance to address technological and policy changes over the past three years that have made the grid more susceptible to vulnerabilities and threatened utility customers' privacy.…

NIST Seeks Public Input on Updated Smart Grid Cybersecurity Guidelines

October 28, 2013 - in Energy, Projects

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting public comments on the first revision to its guidelines for secure implementation of "smart grid" technology. The draft document, NIST Interagency Report (IR) 7628 Revision 1: Guidelines…