Companies resist nuclear cyber security rule

Companies resist nuclear cyber security rule
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2005-03-04

Two companies that make digital systems for nuclear power plants have come out against a government proposal that would attach cyber security standards to plant safety systems.

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Companies resist nuclear cyber security rule 2005-03-06
Todd Knarr

The guy from Dominion who says it's impractical to protect software from it's developers is blowing smoke. It's true, you can't do anything if your entire development team is in on a conspiracy to plant holes in your software, but that's not often going to be the case. If you can make the assumption...

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Companies resist nuclear cyber security rule 2005-03-07
Anonymous

Probably the best method would be to pull the internet connections from all teh sites.

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Companies resist nuclear cyber security rule 2005-03-08
Seegras

Its not bad on the first glance. They're a bit liberal with use of "off the shelf software" versus the use of software they can strip down to their specific needs, and which they can check themselves if it upholds their security-standards. This goes for updates and maintenance too.

I for one wou...

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Companies resist nuclear cyber security rule 2005-03-09
Anonymous

A large part of security is determining access. Both how much does the site need and what is the risk of giving the site access.

Power plants need to communicate with eachother I can buy. Power plants need to browse the web, so that they can read dilbert I dont buy.

Cutting the connection t...

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Companies resist nuclear cyber security rule 2005-03-11
Torontonian

"...It also urges vendors to add additional security to their software development process, as a bulwark against saboteurs writing backdoors into the code, or implanting logic bombs programmed to shut down a safety system at a particular time. But securing the software from its own developers "wou...

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Companies resist nuclear cyber security rule 2005-03-11
Anonymous

The regulation and requirements for IT in the pharmacutical industry are exhaustive and cumbersome, but they exist to ensure a quality product. I would not expect the operations at a nuclear facility to require any less diligence....

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Companies resist nuclear cyber security rule 2005-03-11
Anonymous

I find it ridiculous in the extreme that these companies running critical infrastructure components have networks that are accessible from the internet. The government's classified computer networks solved a very major chunk of their security problems by just simply creating a separate network, tota...

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Companies resist nuclear cyber security rule 2005-03-18
24 Fan

I think that someone finally woke up while watching this season of 24 on FOX. ...

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