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Critical infrastructure protection: Maybe thinking good thoughts will make us safe

Posted February 19, 2013 - 3:20 pm

President Obama has followed the Senate's lead and wimped out on protecting our critical infrastructure
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Obama executive order redefines critical infrastructure

Posted February 14, 2013 - 1:40 pm

President Barack Obama's cybersecurity executive order, signed on Tuesday, could significantly expand the list of companies categorized as part of U.S. critical infrastructure sector, security experts said Wednesday.
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GAO: DHS floods critical industries with irrelevant cybersecurity advice

Posted January 12, 2012 - 6:58 pm

When the president ordered DHS to provide cybersecurity guidance to seven industries that make up the critical infrastructure,' it responded, according to a GAO report, with a ton of data and advice that didn't take into account regulations and standards that make advice that is basic for one irrelevant to the others.
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U.S. power grid is a big, soft target for cyberattack, MIT study shows

Posted December 5, 2011 - 1:23 pm

Mistaken reports that an Illinois water utility was hacked have reduced the angst about Stuxnet-like attacks on U.S. utilities, but the risk is actually worse than ever and increasing in scope every day according to a comprehensive 2-year study of power utilities from MIT.
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