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05/04/2016

2016 Texas Grid Security Summit Conference Video

2016 Texas Grid Security Summit Conference Video

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Texas State Senator Bob Hall hosted a summit on electric grid security. State and national experts addressed critical security concerns from high-impact threats that could cause a nationwide critical infrastructure collapse for a month or more. The summit addressed the Texas electric grid’s vulnerability to electromagnetic pulse (EMP), geomagnetic solar storms, and the interplay of cyber-attacks; discuss emergency preparedness and emerging protective technologies; and highlighted state and federal legislative EMP protection and electric grid security efforts.

Link to conference video archives: http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist2/dist2.htm

Day 1 http://tlcsenate.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?clip_id=11049

Day 2 http://tlcsenate.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?clip_id=11051

Posted at 08:31 AM in Current Affairs, Cyber Security, CyberSecurity, Electric grid, EMP-HEMP, Federal, State, Local Government, Homeland Security, Information security, Infrastructure protection, Local incidents, Resiliency, DR, BCP, and COOP, Science, Warfare |

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