Enemy states and terrorist groups increasingly are developing the means to wage an attack on a nation’s power grid just as electric companies are relying more on automated information technology.

Grids are becoming smart in every part of the world, although some countries invest more than others in modernizing their electricity networks. According to online data portal statista, cumulative ...

The cyber security measures that are to be adopted for the consumption sector are expected to grow the fastest. Smart grid and the related fields have been attacked on several occasions before and ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Power grids around the country remain vulnerable to cyber attacks, but the New York Assembly passed legislation Wednesday that would take steps to protect the state’s energy ...

AMES, Iowa – It’s easy to think of the electrical grid as the power plants, the high voltage lines, the transmission towers, the substations and all the low-voltage distribution lines that bring power ...

This article is authored by Soumya Awasthi, fellow, Centre for Security, Strategy and Technology, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi.

If a mass power outage were to result from a successful cyberattack on the electric grid, national security and economic stability would be threatened. This is because hospitals, banks, factories, ...