Joe Weiss

2 weeks ago | controlglobal.com | Joe Weiss

Mike Swearingen and I did a webinar for the IEEE Consultants Network on the Spanish Outage and associated grid issues. The webinar can be found on YouTube. As the final results of the Spanish outage are not finalized, our discussions were based on our experience. The initial discussions were on two questions: Could the Spanish grid collapse happen in the U.S., and was it a renewables problem? The answer to the first question is yes as can be seen from my June 9, 2021, blog.

2 weeks ago | controlglobal.com | Joe Weiss

Control system cyber incidents—particularly those originating from even a single compromised or malfunctioning sensor system—can impact vast portions of the electric grid. Despite decades of lessons and warning signs, meaningful progress in securing power grid control systems remains elusive. This failure stems not from a lack of technology, but from foundational misunderstandings in how we conceptualize control system cybersecurity.

1 month ago | controlglobal.com | Joe Weiss

June 3-4, I will be participating in the ICS/SCADA Cybersecurity Symposium in Chicago. My two sessions will address important issues unique to control systems not being addressed elsewhere. This includes a recent control system hack of a food processor that could have poisoned the food supply chain. RSA also didn’t address many control system cyber threats.

1 month ago | securityinfowatch.com | Joe Weiss

Process sensors are devices that respond to physical stimuli such as temperature, light, sound, pressure, magnetism, voltage, current, motion, time, etc. The physical stimuli are electronically converted to physical measurements such as temperature, volts, amps, pressure, level, flow, chemistry, etc., and provide trusted input to control systems, controllers, motors, protective relays, operational technology (OT) networks and operator displays.

2 months ago | bote.ch | Joe Weiss

Leserbrief Zur Abstimmung über eine neue Asylunterkunft in Küssnacht Das Asylsystem, wie es derzeit praktiziert wird, ist nichts anderes als ein Tropfen auf den heissen Stein. Die Milliarden, die jährlich für die Unterbringung und die Versorgung von Asylsuchenden ausgegeben werden, ändern wenig an den zugrunde liegenden Problemen. Anstatt das System grundlegend zu hinterfragen und die Ursachen von Migration anzugehen, wird das Symptom behandelt.