With the region facing challenging economic times and the value of recycled copper rising, copper theft at Springfield, Mo.’s unmanned electricity substations was starting to rise at an alarming rate.
From retail stores to very, very remote wilderness huts, the Matanuska Telephone Association (MTA) provides its members reliable and competitively-priced telecommunications.
Oil and natural gas pipelines. Electric transmission towers. Drinking water reservoirs. They are critical infrastructures but most often are protected by traditional security solutions.
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced in late July a number of milestones in its continued efforts to spearhead global transparency for cloud services.
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is encouraging chief security officers to help address two information technology challenges faced by the energy sector.
While attention was on potential physical attacks on utilities and other critical infrastructure sites, a growing number of troubling incidents involving computer networks and attackers acting alone and through friendly and not-so-friendly nations has shifted attention to cybersecurity issues.
The U.S. government is expanding a cybersecurity program that includes big banks, utilities and key transportation companies having emails and Web surfing scanned.