Report: Efforts to Secure Nation’s Power Grid Ineffective – Wired Threat Level
The official government cybersecurity standards for the electric power grid fall far short of even the most basic security standards observed by noncritical industries, according to a new audit.
The standards have also been implemented spottily and in illogical ways, concludes a Jan. 26 report from the Department of Energy’s inspector general (.pdf). And even if the standards had been implemented properly, they “were not adequate to ensure that systems-related risks to the nation’s power grid were mitigated or addressed in a timely manner.”
