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National Defense March 2015 Sarah Sicard	North Korean Cyber Attack on Sony Poses Tough Security Questions While cyber attacks are on the rise around the world -- both from inside and outside threats -- this was the first known instance of a country deliberately causing destruction to a U.S. company's data.
National Defense September 2012 Stew Magnuson	Feds Fear Coordinated Physical, Cyber-Attacks on Electrical Grids Electrical grids in the United States are vulnerable to both cyber-attacks and space weather, federal officials have said.
National Defense June 2013 Stew Magnuson	Defense Industrial Base Wary of Cybersecurity Laws That hackers are intent on stealing U.S. trade secrets -- particularly those pertaining to the military -- is a given. That the United States is capable of responding to this threat remains to be seen.
National Defense August 2011 Zhen Zhang	Cohesive Cybersecurity Policy Needed For Electric Grid Securing the electric grid is one of the key components of preventing terrorist attacks in the United States and increasing the country's resilience and recovery from such events.
InternetNews September 11, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Lawmakers Warned of Threats to the Grid On anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks, House subcommittee mulls cyber security bill.
National Defense April 2013 Stew Magnuson	Cybersecurity Executive Order Can Only Do So Much; New Legislation Needed, Official Says The order called for the expansion of the Defense Industrial Base Information Sharing Program, in which companies alert the Defense Department to attacks on their systems, and it, in turn, sends out reports on the new threats to all participants.
National Defense June 2011 Stew Magnuson	When it Comes to Cybersecurity, the 'Who is Responsible for What?' Debate Continues Most experts seem to agree that the U.S. government's collective efforts to secure the Internet from large-scale attacks and other nefarious activities are lacking.
National Defense October 2012 Stew Magnuson	Party Platforms Have Little to Say About Homeland Security Republicans and Democrats released their party platforms at their respective conventions this summer. Neither had much to say about homeland defense. In fact, the Department of Homeland Security was not invoked in either document.
National Defense March 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Johnson: DHS Must Build Trust With Private Sector to Counter Cyber-Attacks As cyber-attacks increase, the Department of Homeland Security must begin building trust with the private sector if it hopes to quell more widespread and sophisticated intrusions, said the department's new secretary.
National Defense December 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Industry, Military Emphasize Need for 'Cyberwarrior' Training as Attacks Increase Government and military leaders have for years warned of increasingly pervasive and nefarious cyber-attacks. The network intrusions, perpetrated by nation states, hacktivists and thieves, are growing rapidly, experts have said.
National Defense August 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Cybersecurity Legislation: Solution or Distraction? After three years of debate and intense horse-trading, four major pieces of cybersecurity legislation have collided on Capitol Hill. Each claims to provide definitive policy and legal answers on how the United States should protect itself from crippling cyber-attacks.
National Defense March 2014 Stew Magnuson	Power Companies Struggle to Maintain Defenses Against Cyber-Attacks When experts rank U.S. industries' abilities to ward off potentially damaging cyber-attacks, the electric utilities are normally near the bottom.
Popular Mechanics April 2009 Glenn Derene	How Vulnerable is U.S. Infrastructure to a Major Cyber Attack? The next world war might not start with a bang, but with a blackout.
National Defense November 2012 Valerie Insinna	States to Ramp Up Cybersecurity Information Sharing Cybersecurity has long been seen as a federal domain, but an initiative announced by the National Governors Association seeks to shift the discussion to the state level.
Popular Mechanics April 21, 2009 Glenn Derene	Obama Set to Provide a New Direction for Cyber Security in U.S. In light of shocking security lapses, Obama will soon announce a new direction for the United States to combat cyber threats.
InternetNews September 15, 2009	U.S. Reviewing Cyber Threat to Power Grid Chinese researcher uses publicly available data to demonstrate how cyber terrorists could knockout entire West Coast grid with relative ease.
InternetNews January 28, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Napolitano Keeps DHS on the Hop With cybersecurity, information sharing and risk analysis on the agenda for next week, the new Homeland Security secretary is looking to patch holes, fast.
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 Madani & Novoosel	Getting a Grip on the Grid The findings of major electric disturbances around the world highlight the need for cross-regional grid reforms, so that the best available technology is promptly put to use, without lengthy delays arising from American legislative or regulatory processes.
InternetNews February 10, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Obama Calls for Cybersecurity Review After a string of breaches and data leaks, president orders two-month interagency review to shore up computing infrastructure.
InternetNews May 29, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Obama Moves Cybersecurity into the White House The president calls for a White House cybersecurity coordinator -- and reports that his own campaign was breached.
InternetNews May 4, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Federal Cybersecurity a Tough Balance to Strike House panel seeks answers, advice from cybersecurity experts as government mulls major reorganization.
CIO June 26, 2009 Kim S. Nash	Obama's Cybersecurity Push: What It Means for CIOs President Obama aims to fix U.S. cybersecurity, but can the feds hit a moving target? Not without private sector support and practical solutions.
CIO January 4, 2012 Mark Rowh	Smart Grid Security Inadequate, Threats Abound As the Stuxnet attack shows, malicious hackers "clearly have the upper hand" over power grid systems, a new study says. A lack of strict standards and a hodgepodge of products have created today's chaotic state of utility cybersecurity.
InternetNews September 14, 2009	Hathaway: Feds Starting to Get Cybersecurity Former White House official who led sweeping federal review sounds a note of cautious optimism in her first public remarks since leaving the government.
InternetNews April 24, 2009 Alex Goldman	Lockheed Martin, DoD Under Constant Net Attack Lockheed Martin responds to reports that data on its flagship jet fighter was stolen from Department of Defense computers.
Wired March 23, 2009 Brendan I. Koerner	Power to the People: 7 Ways to Fix the Grid, Now The grid took more than a century to grow into the unwieldy beast it is now. Given the urgency of climate change, energy independence, and economic demands, we have only a fraction of that time to fix it.
InternetNews December 8, 2008 Richard Adhikari	Obama Faces New Calls for Cybersecurity Revamp National security think tank pushes for new U.S. oversight and regulations to combat Internet threats.
National Defense November 2012 Erwin et al.	Top Five Threats to National Security in the Coming Decade The next wave of national security threats might be more than the technology community can handle. They are complex, multidimensional problems against which no degree of U.S. technical superiority in stealth, fifth-generation air warfare or night-vision is likely to suffice.
Popular Mechanics September 25, 2008 Erik Sofge	Green Tech Plans Hide Obama-McCain Disparity on Infrastructure Infrastructure in the United States, from the bridges we commute across to the dams we've learned to ignore, is in a state of disrepair.
InternetNews March 11, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Federal Cybersecurity: Not for the Spooks? Security experts warn lawmakers against placing too much control over federal cybersecurity in the hands of the intelligence community.
InternetNews March 19, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Experts See Shortfall in Cybersecurity Research With the nation under constant attack, witnesses call on Commerce Committee to prioritize cybersecurity and promote education in the field.
InternetNews February 26, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Obama Proposes Millions for Cybersecurity Security experts are praising the new administration's increased spending on national network security efforts.
Industrial Physicist Eric J. Lerner	What's wrong with the electric grid? Experts widely agree that failures of the power-transmission system are a nearly unavoidable product of a collision between the physics of the system and the economic rules that now regulate it.
InternetNews April 8, 2009 Alex Goldman	U.S. Electricity Grid Compromised The threat is real but, unfortunately, not new. What is new, say reports, is actual evidence of espionage.
National Defense November 2012 Frodl & Manoyan	Energy Security Starts With Hardening Power Grids Just how dependent is the federal government becoming on technology that may be good enough for web-based business and even local police, but not good enough to assure uninterrupted operations of national and homeland security agencies?
InternetNews April 21, 2005 Roy Mark	House Panel Pushes Cybersecurity Post New legislation raises profile of the individual responsible for securing the nation against digital attacks.
InternetNews April 20, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Cybersecurity Report Nears Obama's Desk President awaits results from 60-day cybersecurity review that could inform controversial legislation pending in the Senate.
InternetNews June 26, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Feds Mulling Incentives for Secure Software Tax breaks for better software? That's one idea on the table as officials work to flesh out government role in public-private partnerships.
InternetNews October 1, 2009	DHS Recruiting 1,000 Cybersecurity Experts Kicking off Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the government's cybersecurity agency secures funding to beef up staff.
National Defense September 2009 Grace V. Jean	In The Fight Against Cybercrime, Weapons Have Short Shelf Lives Even the latest innovations to protect U.S. networks are not enough to counter cybercrimes.
InternetNews July 1, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	U.S. Official: Cybersecurity Plans Not Just Talk NSC Cybersecurity Director Christopher Painter promises real action to protect digital infrastructure after Obama's address.
HBS Working Knowledge March 8, 2012 Dina Gerdeman	Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid? Replacing the antiquated electrical system in the United States with a super-efficient smart grid always seemed a surefire opportunity for entrepreneurs. So what went wrong?
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004	Power: Keep The Candles Handy -- And Light A Few For the power sector, 2003 will be remembered as the year the lights went out. To avoid another blackout like the one that darkened big chunks of Canada and the U.S. in August, the industry will work harder this year.
National Defense February 2012 Dan Parsons	Catastrophic Solar Flare Scenario Touches Off Stormy Debate Energy from solar flares can harm electrical grids on Earth, but a new study says the sun probably won't plunge the United States into the Dark Ages, as some theorists have said.
InternetNews November 17, 2009	U.S. Cybersecurity Can Halt 80% of Attacks at Best Senate panel probes ties between cybersecurity and terrorism as uncertainty continues about where authority should reside.
Popular Mechanics March 25, 2009 Erik Sofge	Forget the Smart Grid, We Need Smart Spending (On the Grid) Some of the stimulus bill is slated for projects to fix our energy infrastructure. But before we start spending, the terminology needs refining. Here is how a buzzword is confusing the plan to upgrade the electrical grid.
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National Defense June 2013 Pankowski & Mercer	Corporate Cybersecurity Plans Must Evolve Presidential pronouncements highlight the seriousness of cyberthreats. Companies need to develop response plans and develop a clear line of responsibility for notification of governmental authorities and the public.