Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3394-1003976447-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 24 Oct 2001 19:22:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 4862 invoked by uid 510); 25 Oct 2001 02:20:14 -0000 Received: from n8.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.58) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 25 Oct 2001 02:20:14 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3394-1003976447-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.221] by n8.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 25 Oct 2001 02:20:47 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 25 Oct 2001 02:20:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 12121 invoked from network); 25 Oct 2001 02:20:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by 10.1.1.221 with QMQP; 25 Oct 2001 02:20:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2 with SMTP; 25 Oct 2001 02:20:47 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f9P2Klh11437 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 24 Oct 2001 19:20:47 -0700 Message-Id: <200110250220.f9P2Klh11437@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 19:20:47 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:WSU,.Idaho.school.to.work.on.power-grid.safety.project] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit WSU, Idaho school to work on power-grid safety project By The Associated Press, 10/24/2001 <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134356896_powergrid21m.html">http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134356896_powergrid21m.html> PULLMAN - Washington State University and the University of Idaho will take part in a research project aimed at improving the security of the nation's power grid. Pullman-based Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories has received a $775,000 grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a Commerce Department branch, for the study. Schweitzer plans to spend the next 19 months researching ways to improve security and survivability of the power grid. The universities will help. Research will include developing more sabotage-resistant software. Software now controls most automation and communications of electric-power stations. Intrusions into substations are a concern because that's often where the controls to the power grid exist, said Anjan Bose, dean of the WSU College of Engineering and Architecture. "The probability of somebody being able to do that today is not very great, but at the same time there are security holes that we feel other terrorists could get to," Bose said. "It's hard to say where security holes are, but somebody who is probing will find them." Susan Fagan, Schweitzer's director of public affairs, said Schweitzer, with 24 domestic and 15 international offices, will work with the power industry in the project. "Many of our customers are utilities, and they have systems and generators that need to be protected," Fagan said. David Bakken, assistant professor in electrical engineering and computer sciences at WSU, said cyberterrorism has been a concern for several years. He said the electric-power industry is vulnerable to attack because of the way technology has changed. "The power grid was designed a long time ago by people who were not experts in computer networking," he said. "We're trying to make sure the industry is more aware of security issues ... and if someone does break in to make it harder (to cause damage)." Copyright © 2001 The Seattle Times Company ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE VeriSign guide to security solutions for your web site: encrypting transactions, securing intranets, and more! http://us.click.yahoo.com/UnN2wB/m5_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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