, SecurityFocus 2005-10-28
Wary of the increasing number of online attacks against industrial control systems, the U.S. government has begun a major push to secure the systems used to control and monitor critical infrastructure, such as power, utility and transportation networks.
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U.S. makes securing SCADA systems a priority
2005-11-03
Industry Participant (2 replies)
Industry Participant (2 replies)
Anyway risk management has to consider, not just the likelihood of bad things, but the cost if they do happen. Expectation of loss is the product of probability and cost. If someone cracks into Photo Hut's corporate database, Photo Hut might have to pay lower dividends that quarter, or apologize to some customers; if someone cracks into Gigundo Electric's operational controls we might have to find a place to bury 100,000 bodies. It's the cost of guessing wrong that has folks worried, not the probability.
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