It's no surprise that critical systems like electric utilities, transportation, and oil and gas refineries are full of exploitable holes for hackers: Look no further than the Stuxnet spyware currently ...

iPower, a SCADA system developed specifically for the electricity industry, leverages GE Fanuc’s Proficy HMI/SCADA iFIX and Proficy Historian for a unique approach to the needs of rural co-ops for ...

The Stuxnet worm, which targets industrial control systems, or “SCADA” systems, is one of the most sophisticated bits of digital malware security researchers have come across in a long time. Now, ...

"Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change" provides a worldwide assessment of countries' efforts to meet their climate change commitments. It also noted a "disastrous" acceleration of global ...

Find out why Electrical Engineering has earned the title of 'Guardian of the Grid.' Discover the educational path necessary to manage global energy networks and avoid systemic blackouts, from Power ...

Sensors, distribution automation equipment, and the growing array of distributed energy resources (DERs) are adding ever-increasing complexity to the energy grid. To help utilities address this ...

SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwired - January 14, 2016) - Swinerton Renewable Energy (SRE), a division of Swinerton Builders, has expanded their office in Bend, Oregon. The space is home to SOLV® -- System ...

Dramatic attacks can have simple beginnings, even when the target is a critical infrastructure company. This is certainly true if Andrew Whitaker's experience is any indication. Whitaker is director ...

This is another in a series of articles looking at security issues in the electric power industry. Today I review a baseline report from almost a decade ago that remains important for everyone ...