Network World — WASHINGTON, D.C. — America’s water and energy utilities face constant cyber-espionage and denial-of-service attacks against industrial-control systems, according to the team of specialists from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security who are called to investigate the worst cyber-related incidents at these utilities.
These ICS-based networks are used to control water, chemical and energy systems, and the emergency response team from DHS ICS-CERT, based at the DHS in Washington, D.C. will fly out to utilities across the country to investigate security incidents they learn about. ICS-CERT typically doesn’t name the names of the utilities they try to assist, but this week they did provide a glimpse into how vulnerable America is. In a panel at the GovSec Conference, ICS-CERT’s leaders candidly presented a bleak assessment of why America’s utilities have a hard time maintaining security, and why it’s getting worse.
http://www.cio.com/article/703491/DHS_America_s_Water_and_Power_Utilities_Under_Daily_Cyberattack
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