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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
We've long heard about the danger to the US power grid, so many times I've wondered why don't they fix it if they know the danger exists?
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The grid has never been obsolete despite emotional claims to the contrary. The grid is quite robust and secure. And constantly being upgraded. Worry more about institutions driven by profit and costs rather than by their products - such as financial institutions.
The problem and solution was well defined by William Edward Deming long ago. Cost of averting future problems or damage is irrelevant. The cost of not averting that damage is relevant.
Security of the grid is robust. Security in the credit card industry has been a joke. Credit card industry still does not use a 25 year old technology called smart cards that would have made most data breaches and monetary thefts impossible. That industry fears spending on innovation rather than understand the costs of not doing so.
Another joke is our use of Social Security numbers due to no system that works to protect you and that makes possible for you to protect yourself. We discussed this what - a decade plus ago?
Deming clearly defined a seriously flawed management mindset that now applies to protection of digital data in some industries.
Only cost that matters is one incurred if solutions and protection are not implemented. Cost of implementing those solutions and protections are irrelevant - except to bean counter type management that only sees costs today rather than future costs.
BTW, the recent intrusion into the networks of the Office of Personnel Management may have compromised every US spy in the world. The damage might have been that massive because that office did not have minimal security systems.