Lights out : a cyberattack, a nation unprepared, surviving the aftermath / Ted Koppel.
Koppel, Ted, 1940 February 8-
2015
TK1025 .K67 2015 (Mapit)
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Title Lights out : a cyberattack, a nation unprepared, surviving the aftermath / Ted Koppel.
Author Koppel, Ted, 1940 February 8-
Edition First edition.
ISBN 9780553419962 (hardcover)
055341996X (hardcover)
9780553419979 (electronic book)
9780553419986 (trade paperback)
0553419986 (trade paperback)
Published New York : Crown Publishers, [2015]
Copyright ©2015
Language English
Description viii, 279 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number TK1025 .K67 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.11/933379320973
Summary Imagine a blackout lasting not days, but weeks or months. Tens of millions of people over several states are affected. For those without access to a generator, there is no running water, no sewage, no refrigeration or light. Food and medical supplies are dwindling. Devices we rely on have gone dark. Banks no longer function, looting is widespread, and law and order are being tested as never before. It isn't just a scenario. A well-designed attack on just one of the nation's three electric power grids could cripple much of our infrastructure -- and in the age of cyberwarfare, a laptop has become the only necessary weapon. Several nations hostile to the United States could launch such an assault at any time. In fact, as a former chief scientist of the NSA reveals, China and Russia have already penetrated the grid. And a cybersecurity advisor to President Obama believes that independent actors -- from "hacktivists" to terrorists -- have the capability as well. It's not a question of if, it's a question of when. And yet, as Koppel makes clear, the federal government, while well prepared for natural disasters, has no plan for the aftermath of an attack on the power grid. In the absence of a government plan, some individuals and communities have taken matters into their own hands. But how, Koppel asks, will ordinary civilians survive?
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-262) and index.
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Part 1: A cyberattack. Warfare 2.0
AK-47s and EMPs
Regulation gridlock
Attack surfaces
Guardians of the grid
What are the odds?
Preparing the battlefield
Independent actors
Part II: A nation unprepared. Step up, step down
Extra batteries
State of emergency
Press six if you've been affected by a disaster
Part III: Surviving the aftermath. The ark builders
Some men ARE an island
Where the buffalo roamed
The Mormons
State of Deseret
Constructive ambiguity
Solutions
Summing up
Epilogue: The virtue of a plan.

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