If we lose cyber capability we will lose the grid. If we lose the grid, nuclear plants start overheating and meltdown. Forget everything else that goes wrong if our grid gets taken out and think about nuclear meltdowns and prevailing winds. IIRC, it would take about a week before things begin blowing up.
Good critical summary.
Infosec is my field, and we’re living on a hope and a prayer.
Organizations are not taking Cybersecurity seriously enough.
True story:
Just conducted a risk assessment interview at one of the world’s largest multi-Billion dollar engineering consultant firm that manages operations at nuclear, chemical, petroleum plants around the world.
Q: I asked them how their ICS (Industrial Control Systems) / SCADA security posture was for the energy and chemical plants they manage around the globe.
A: Blank stare by Dir of IT.
Q: I asked how have their plant security assessment audits been going and how were they doing with keeping up on the vulnerability management of plant networks, servers, and control systems (valve, pump, sensor, wireless interfaces)
A: “I guess we should start doing that, huh.”
Simply terrifying.