If you missed it, here are some pictures (click for larger pic)… (Videos of the New England Long-Term Power Outage Summit coming soon!) Why You Should Attend The New England Long-Term Power Outage Summit In 2018, our society is moments away from adversity while generations removed from self-reliance. We are completely dependent on the electric grid…
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Michael Mabee, author of “The Civil Defense Book” blogs on critical infrastructure protection and threats, community preparedness and civil defense. Follow Mike’s blog for updates.
Cyberattacks: Letter to Senator Edward Markey
Cyberattacks on grid raise Congressional concern Due to several reports on cyberattacks on the U.S. electric grid, on August 13, 2018 Senator Edward Markey sent letters to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Energy (DOE), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as well as several entities in the electric utility industry. In these…
PG&E endangered the grid – and tried to cover it up
PG&E Endangered The Grid – And Endangered You Today the Wall Street Journal’s Rebecca Smith reported: “PG&E Identified as Utility That Lost Control of Confidential Information. As a result of 2016 failure, 30,000 records about PG&E’s cyber assets were exposed on the internet.” We have been talking about the NERC cover-up (and FERC cover up) for quite…
More New EMP Commission Reports Released
CLICK HERE for updated information! New EMP Commission reports: DoD takes their sweet time. Another three new EMP Commission reports saw the light of day this week after 11 months of sitting and gathering dust in the Department of Defense (DoD). Previously, the first three new EMP Commission reports were released on May 8, 2018. The reports…
Now It’s a FERC Cover-Up
The NERC Cover-Up Just Became a FERC Cover-Up The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) just did an astonishing thing: They adopted the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) cover-up, making it officially a FERC cover-up. The issue? A large utility company endangered our lives with a massive cyber breach and the industry – and now…
STG Coalition Submits New EMP Commission Reports to FERC
Click here to read comments of Foundation for Resilient Societies Click here to read comments of Michael Mabee STG Coalition Acts on New EMP Commission Reports Members of the Secure The Grid Coalition (“STG Coalition”) wasted no time getting the new EMP Commission reports into the hands of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”). As…
Three New EMP Commission Reports Released
CLICK HERE for updated information! DoD Releases Three New EMP Commission Reports On May 8, 2018 the Department of Defense released three new EMP Commission reports. The “Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack” is a Congressional chartered commission that has been studying EMP, GMD and other threats to the electric…
Black Sky – every American needs to see this video
Black Sky “Black Sky” is a video by the Electric Infrastructure Security (EIS) Council. This is a critical message for America. The term “Black Sky” or “Black Sky Hazard” refers to an event that severely disrupts the normal functioning of our critical infrastructures. A Black Sky Hazard is a catastrophic event that severely disrupts the normal functioning…
Congress: Hold DHS Accountable for Protecting the Electric Grid
Hold DHS Accountable For Protecting the Electric Grid Recently, I asked the question: “Is DHS Dropping the Ball on Critical Infrastructure Protection?” On December 23, 2016, the provisions of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act (CIPA) were passed as section 1913 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017. (Click here for the relevant 4…
The Electric Utility Industry Lacks Effective Regulation
FERC Must Hold Electric Utility Industry Accountable I previously described what smells like a electric utility industry cover-up of a massive cyber breach which endangered the electric grid – and endangered countless American lives. In sum, a large utility company exposed a massive amount of data that could enable hackers or state actors to gain…