Energy Facility Security

With the months long power outage in Crimea, the world saw how easy it is to leave an entire region with no electricity. Attacks...

Canada and the United States are vulnerable to cataclysmic threat that could “topple the pillar of civilization,” according to Dr Peter Pry, head of...

After an earthquake and the resulting tsunami devastated Japan’s coastal areas and badly damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011, plans were...

Power plants are some of the most critical bits on infrastructure. An attack against a power plant could incapacitate an entire region of any...

The 13 November attacks on Paris have demonstrated that Western countries are not secure against the terrorist threat. One possibility keeping many awake at...

Electric vehicles (EV) are still far from the norm, but their increasing popularity is driving money into research for chargers and ancillary devices. Soon,...

80s films where computers could kill will soon become a reality, judging by a new Pentagon project. Raytheon, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin are but...

Daniel Ehrenreich Cyber defense solution for Distributed Management Systems – DMS used by electric utilities are operating without interfering with the control process and therefore...

Olga Grosman-Ezrahi The world is always busy finding solutions for perimeter security, whether it is protecting critical infrastructures, airports etc. During the Video Analytics conference,...

ISIS hackers have proven in the past their ability to break into different websites or the accounts of military and government personel. The US...

The Obama administration and lawmakers are looking to South Korea to help thwart Pyongyang’s attempts to upgrade and strengthen its cyber capabilities. The country’s...

The problem once again arises - how can the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) manage the danger of drones flying too close to commercial flights...

A study of the information security measures at civilian nuclear energy facilities around the world found a wide range of problems at many facilities...

Remember the signs surrounding military bases stating "military area, no pictures"? You probably already guessed that not everyone follows the rules and UAVs are...

Scottish researchers have developed an ultrasound sensor that is able to detect cracks and faults in buildings and facilities, such as oil pipelines and...

Have you ever stopped to think why defense companies have a classified network to prevent cyber attack, whereas companies handling our critical systems -...

If a hacker is capable of breaking in to our computer systems, with a little more effort surely they could disrupt larger targets as...

Nonaggression pacts signed between countries in the past, such as the Ribbentrop-Molotov agreement between the USSR and Nazi Germany, were meant to prevent a...

An Iranian official has threatened Israel with a “crushing response” to any attemp to tamper with its technological infrastructures. According to the Irani Communications...

Electromagnetic threats such as strong solar flares or intentional nuclear blasts by terrorists could paralyze the entire power grid of a country for several...

The rush to automate more factory processes may look like it’s saving money, but to Ken Westin, a senior security analyst at Tripwire, it’s...

The HomeLand security market, which includes maritime, aerial and land borders security, as well as national infrastructure defense, transportation security and defense from cyber...