Urn:lcp:lightsoutcyberat0000kopp:epub:84e22c94-28f4-4d7a-a68f-2a5cd0a38c0b Foldoutcount 0 Grant_report Arcadia #4281 Identifier lightsoutcyberat0000kopp Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t34264m30 Invoice 2089 Isbn 9780553419962Ġ55341996X Lccn 2015019999 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_module_version 0.0.5 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA19049 Openlibrary_edition Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-262) and indexĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 20:01:18 Boxid IA1919212 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier But how, Koppel asks, will ordinary civilians survive? One of our most renowned journalists examines a threat unique to our time and evaluates potential ways to prepare for a catastrophe that is all but inevitable.-Adapted from book jacket In the absence of a government plan, some individuals and communities have taken matters into their own hands. And yet, as Koppel makes clear, the federal government, while well prepared for natural disasters, has no plan for the aftermath of an attack on the power grid. It's not a question of if, it's a question of when. Broadcast journalist Ted Koppel, whose bestseller Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath' has triggered hot debate within the ICS/SCADA industry on the. And a cybersecurity advisor to President Obama believes that independent actors-from "hacktivists" to terrorists-have the capability as well. ![]() In fact, as a former chief scientist of the NSA reveals, China and Russia have already penetrated the grid. The book reveals the vulnerability of perhaps the most critical of. Through interview after interview with leading experts, Koppel paints a compelling picture of the impact cyberattacks may have on the grid. Several nations hostile to the United States could launch such an assault at any time. In Lights Out, Ted Koppel uses his profound journalistic talents to raise pressing questions about our nation’s aging electrical grid. He is skilled at pulling the threads of many interviews into a story, and that is exactly what he has done in his new book, Lights Out: a Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath. A well-designed attack on just one of the nation's three electric power grids could cripple much of our infrastructure-and in the age of cyberwarfare, a laptop has become the only necessary weapon. • Ted Koppel reveals that a major cyberattack on America’s power grid is not only possible but likely, that it would be devastating, and that the United States is shockingly unprepared.“Fascinating, frightening, and beyond timely. Koppel has been a newsman for most of his long life, including twenty-five years at ABC’s Nightline. Banks no longer function, looting is widespread, and law and order are being tested as never before. For those without access to a generator, there is no running water, no sewage, no refrigeration or light. ![]() Tens of millions of people over several states are affected. Imagine a blackout lasting not days, but weeks or months.
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