Security on the Smart Grid

Webinar by Dr. Ray Klump Wed, Sep 15, 2010 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CDT

Join Dr. Ray Klump, professor and faculty member of Lewis University’s MS in Information Security, for a webinar discussing emerging security issues as the nation’s electrical grid undergoes a transformation into a network that can be monitored and controlled by smart devices. The change from a largely passive network to a more interactive one will result in more control, reliability, and energy efficiency, but it also makes the grid more vulnerable to cyber attacks and hackers. Dr. Klump will address methods to quickly report cyber incidents on the grid to help improve operators' ability to respond to threats. This approach is based on a similar communications program operated by U.S. national laboratories to inform each other of cyber attacks and threats.

About the Speaker:
Ray Klump is an expert in electric power systems, the stability of nonlinear networks, and the security of information systems. He has published many papers about computer applications for power systems and works as a consultant for PowerWorld Corporation writing software for electric power systems. He has taught at Lewis University since 2001.

Date and Time: Wed, Sep 15, 2010 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CDT

Please click on the below link to view an archive of the webinar
http://cs.lewisu.edu/~klumpra/presentations/smartgridseminar.wmv