Time's Running Out for National Cyberplan

The Homeland Security Department has been working for years with the private sector to develop an operational plan it can follow in case a cyberattack takes down computers maintaining the critical infrastructure that supports the U.S. economy, such as networks operating the transportation, energy and financial systems. Or the electrical grid. They may want to hurry; cyberattacks on networks operated by electric utilities have jumped 90 percent in the past nine months, according to a security consultant that serves utilities. DHS has been criticized for the slow pace of creating a plan.

Hat tip: SANS Institute.