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Attacks and accidents: Policy to protect the power grid’s critical computing and communication needs. Senior interdisciplinary honors thesis in international security studies
, 2004
"... The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That’s where we come in; we’re computer professionals. We cause accidents.- Nathaniel Borenstein1 Q. So just put it in all perspective [sic]. What’s the worst-case power scenario, power we’re talking here – power ..."
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The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That’s where we come in; we’re computer professionals. We cause accidents.- Nathaniel Borenstein1 Q. So just put it in all perspective [sic]. What’s the worst-case power scenario, power we’re talking here – power lines, power grid? A. Absolute worst? I won’t even say absolute, but a very worst case could be loss of power for six months or more. Q. Over how big an area? A. Big as you want.- Frontline interview with power expert Joseph Weiss regarding the possible damage of a cyber attack on the power grid. 2
