Wednesday, May 21, 2008
And about your security
A new report to the House Homeland Security committee revealed that cyber security at the TVA was lacking and left the service region open to blackout.
The GAO found that TVA's Internet-connected corporate network was linked with systems used to control power production, and that security weaknesses pervasive in the corporate side could be used by attackers to manipulate or destroy vital control systems. As a wholly owned federal corporation, TVA must meet the same computer security standards that govern computer practices and safeguards at federal agencies.As usual the trouble comes from "corporate". But have no fear, they will make some highly advertised moves to improve, give themselves big bonuses and it will settle back to business as usual.
The GAO also warned that computers on TVA's corporate network lacked security software updates and anti-virus protection, and that firewalls and intrusion detection systems on the network were easily bypassed and failed to record suspicious activity.
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