Tag Archives: grid resilience
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Advancing Quantum-Resilient Cybersecurity for the Energy Sector
As the electric power grid becomes more digital, utilities gain new capabilities to improve efficiency and reliability. This greater connectivity can create more opportunities for cyberattacks against operational technology and industrial control systems. Quantum computing adds another concern. Today’s widely used cryptographic methods could eventually become vulnerable to sufficiently powerful quantum computers. This possibility is […]
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Lessons From the Iberian Peninsula Blackout
By Chris Warren There was little indication that a blackout would soon cascade across the Iberian Peninsula when dawn broke this past April 28th. In both Lisbon, Portugal, and Madrid, Spain, springtime temperatures were expected to top out in the low 20s Celsius (70s in Fahrenheit), with ample sunshine and none of the extreme weather […]
