It's been a long time coming, but now it's here. The President signed an executive order to help protect the country from EMP.
Executive Order on Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses
Revolution!
Love Your Local Author Showcase
Projects in the Works
Grid-Protecting CIPA: Enacted, But In Time?
Congress, virtually at the last legislative minute in 2016, and unnoted by the press, finally passed the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act (CIPA)—arguably the most important cyber-security legislation ever approved. The bill, long-championed by Congressman Trent Franks (AZ) and sponsored by Senator Ron Johnson (WI) in the Senate, has traveled a long road.
Very Thorough Resource on the Threat to the Grid
What is EMP and What is Being Done to Protect Us?
Vatican Workshop on Biological Extinction
Russian Malware in Power Grid
The Washington Post reported that malware associated with the Russian hacking operation Grizzly Steppe was detected at the Vermont utility Burlington Electric. Grizzly Steppe is the name of the recent cyberattack that included stollen emails from the Democratic National Committee, which were later released by WikiLeaks during this year’s presidential campaign. In short, the Russians launched a sophisticated attack targeting government organizations, think tanks, universities, political organizations, corporations, and critical infrastructure entities such as Burlington Electric.
