From Afghanistan to America, grid sabotage remains a threat
At 4:45 a.m. local time on Friday May 7, large portions of the Afghan capital, Kabul, went dark when explosions...
Infrastructure Security
Apple device vulnerabilities signal need for defense and intelligence scrutiny
This week Apple released a software update for iPhones and iPads. Not stated on the upgrade description but buried further...
Situation Report: Directed energy attacks on White House highlight importance of electromagnetic defense
According to various media reports, in 2019 and again in November 2020, White House personnel were sickened by what appears...
Russia: ‘War is inevitable. . .cyberwar’
Ventriloquizing for the Kremlin, the director of Russia’s state-run international media giants, RT and Sputnik, Margarita Simonyan, in a recent...
Natanz blackout: A harbinger of future cyber-war with Iran, China and Russia
Originally published by The Washington Times The cyber-blackout of Natanz is the latest desperate effort to stop Iran from building...
Coalition urges federal regulators to create economic incentives for grid resilience
In the wake of the disastrous February 2021 blackout of the Texas electric grid, there is a growing movement to...
Nuclear power has a nuclear waste problem. Here’s how to fix it.
With concerns about climate change and sustainable energy sources taking center stage, a precious resource is being neglected. Most people...
Situation Report: DOJ Indictment Raises Specter, Yet Again, of Water System Cyber Vulnerabilities
This week the U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictment of 22-year old Wyatt A. Travnichek of Ellsworth County, Kansas...
President Biden’s “American Jobs Plan” on Infrastructure Raises Important Questions on Energy Security
On March 31st President Biden delivered remarks from a union training center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he unveiled his $2.3...
Biden’s “Build Back Better” Must Include Realism, Resilience and a “New” Renewable Energy
Recent weather-induced blackouts in Texas caused record-breaking economic devastation and needless loss of precious lives. The blackouts also brought unfortunate...
Risks Abound as Antifa-Aligned “Mutual Aid” Groups Respond to Texas Storms
As much of the state of Texas lost power recently due to a series of late February ice storms, a...
Texas Blackouts Highlight Costs of Ignoring Resilience
Millions of residents of Texas and bordering states -and even parts of Mexico- are without power this week facing freezing,...
The Clock is Ticking for Important Decisions on Grid Security by Biden Administration
While President Biden’s 90-day suspension of Executive Order 13920 (securing the U.S. bulk-power system) leaves the country vulnerable, his nominee...
Pakistan’s Latest Blackout Reminds America of Threat to Electrical Grid
Over the weekend, more than 200 million residents of Pakistan were without electricity in the country’s second nation-wide blackout. Pakistan’s...
Nashville Bombing Exposes Dangerous Vulnerability of Critical Communications Infrastructure
Originally published at World Tribune For more than 24 hours, the Christmas morning bomb blast in downtown Nashville, Tennessee knocked...
Situation Report: U.S. Government Agencies Targeted in Global Cyberespionage Campaign
Several U.S. government agencies, including the Treasury and Commerce Departments as well as corporations were targeted in a massive cyber-espionage...