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Unplugging from Digital Controls to Safeguard Power Grids
- taylodl 7y agoI currently work for American Electric Power and knew Michael Assante when he used to work here. Sad to hear he's passed away but I'm glad people are starting to listen to him: there has been a lot of digitization and automation brought to bear in the name of "modernizing" the grid that it's very difficult to assess its cyber security especially seeing as how all the pieces interconnect with one another (save for Texas). Add to that a lot of the communication systems directing the command and control have been digitized and you see we have the opportunity for a real mess on our hands. Meanwhile the utilities are under extreme pressure to deliver more for less and, just like every other business, are looking at digitization and automation as a means to do so. It will be quite interesting to see how this progresses.