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Thursday, July 09, 2009
Wurldtech Gears Up To Help Secure The Smart Grid
Wurldtech today announced a major strategic initiative to help address the critical cyber security & interoperability challenges facing the energy sector and specifically the bulk power industry with Smart Grid.
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Achilles Helps Make The Smart Grid Safe & Secure
We’re excited to announce the latest feature enhancement to our award-winning network testing platform – Achilles. In an effort to help improve the security and robustness of emerging industrial wireless and smart grid infrastructure, we have expanded the testing capabilities of the Achilles Satellite to allow manufacturers of wireless networked devices communicating over IEEE 802.15.4 to identify cyber vulnerabilities before deploying them into our critical electric power infrastructures.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Wurldtech Discusses Smart Grid Security at ConnectivityWeek & UTC Telcom
Wurldtech’s CEO, Tyler Williams, will be on the road for the next few weeks presenting at two high-profile industry conferences where Smart Grid security will be the primary focus. UTC Telecom 2009
At UTC, Mr. Williams will be delivering a presentation called “From FUD to Fact: Simple solutions to improve the security & robustness of Smart Grid infrastructure.” This will be held (6/3; 9:15 a.m. – 19:30 a.m.). With all the attention lately in the media surrounding cyber terrorism and the vulnerabilities found on the networks that control and manage global critical services such as power, energy, transportation and telecommunications, ...
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Monday, May 25, 2009
Some Overlooked Aspects Of Cyber Security Standards For SCADA & Control Systems
Last week the first set of standards to be implemented by the Smart Grid were announced by NIST. Having defined standards to follow and work with is usually a good thing (unless your standard gets rejected), but standards come with more implications than most realize. In the past, electric utilities have relied on a combination of security by obscurity, and also the fact that fewer devices were networked to make cyber security a non-issue. The Smart Grid has changed all of that. Once there are clearly defined standards, the obscurity goes away. That’s not a bad thing, but it is ...
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