Washington post which as a survival of the fittest by any measure. Dave is here to talk about his relatively new book on top of a long list of great books. For those foowing what has been happening in detroit a book on michigan is a big thing. Next, Michael Hilton has been forever in other places and forever at the los angeles. Micha michael wrote about the affects of silence, technology and policy and his new book is titled big science and it is an incredible story of how science went from being important, valid and meaningful to very big with a lot of mown money. Gilbert is last on the panel. He is Long Associated with a number of papers and wrote briefly for the Washington Post and new york times. Brilliant work with the philadelphia inquirer. And the first work came from the cox field republican. When america goes big it is interesting. I want to begin with a quick note i think it is important. Everything came from daily newspapers and this country has daily newspapers. You can mai
On cspan 3 committee will come to order. Today were discussing a topic. Theres Cyber Security and how to stop the bad guys. Whats not been discussed in great detail is what the consequence will be from a massive cyber attack that brings down for example a large portion of the electric for an amount of time. With the electrical power system is, what consequences should the federal government tell the state and local government to prepare for . In other words, for how many people and for how long should states plan on being without power . The federal government does not now for every significant hazard that we face. Whether its a category five hurricane hitting miami or an 8. 0 hurricane. The federal government does not have the basic planning scenario for a cyber threat in the you power system, and theres a huge disparity in different groups think and what is a potentialle scenario in what state and local government should prepare. Its significant for the local government. If the power
Committee will come to order. Today were holding a hearing to discuss a timely topic. Theres been numerous hearings on Cyber Security and how to stop the bad guys. Whats not been discussed in great detail is what the consequence will be from a massive cyber attack that brings down for example a large portion of the electrical grid for an amount of time. The purpose is to answer an important question. With respect to suber threats to the electrical power system, what consequences should the federal government tell states and local governments to prepare for . In other words, for how many people and for how long should states plan on being without power . The federal government does this now for every significant hazard that we face. Whether its a category five hurricane hitting miami or an 8. 0 earthquake in los angeles. The federal government has realist scenarios for states and cities to plan. The federal government does not have this basic planning scenario for a cyber threat to the
The electrical grid is under attack and then the power sector is all too familiar with the devastation storms like Hurricane Sandy can leave behind and the physical attacks like the 2013 incident and the sub cap station in california. 2013 incident in the substation in california. Thankfully in the cases of storms and physical attacks, the sector has strong plans in place and the systems to restore the power quickly and to avoid the loss of life and property. I am concerned about a cyber attack. Are there similar plans in place for the industry and for the state and local government . Will those provide the same types of protection . Most recently i have been discussing this topic with those in my district asking what they will do in their communities if the power is out for a long period of time. Honestly, most of them do not know because we dont know what to plan for. We have brought together the right people here to tell us today. We are also going to discuss what preparedness looks
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