However, a big attack is coming. The intelligence community has noted a rising incidence of assaults on the industrial control mechanisms used to operate the grid, more and more of which are linked in some fashion to the internet. Industry officials admit that data bases recording the frequency of attacks are unreliable because there is no standard definition of what constitutes a cyberattack and utilities are reluctant to report vulnerabilities. Chances are, the networks supporting grid operations are probed every day by outsiders, often with nefarious intent.
However, a big attack is coming. The intelligence community has noted a rising incidence of assaults on the industrial control mechanisms used to operate the grid, more and more of which are linked in some fashion to the internet. Industry officials admit that data bases recording the frequency of attacks are unreliable because there is no standard definition of what constitutes a cyberattack and utilities are reluctant to report vulnerabilities. Chances are, the networks supporting grid operations are probed every day by outsiders, often with nefarious intent.
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