Illinois leads $28.1M cyber resilient energy delivery systems consortium

NBC News (Oct. 13) -- The Department of Energy is dedicating over $34 million to the establishment of two major research endeavors aimed at protecting the nation's power grid against hackers and other cyber threats. Some $12.2 million will go to a research center led by the University of Arkansas, while another $22.5 million will be shared among the members of the University of Illinois Cyber Resilient Energy Delivery Consortium. Both will look into ways of protecting power grid elements — from the hardware that runs transformers to the software that power companies use — from cyberattacks. Also: ASEE FirstBell (Oct. 13), KUAR-FM (NPR, Arkansas, Oct. 12), ExecutiveBiz.com (Oct. 12), Los Alamos Daily Post (Los Alamos, N.M., Oct. 13), Transmission and Distribution World (Oct. 14), WCIA-TV (Oct. 15).