By August Schiess,University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignPULLMAN, Wash. – When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in late September, and it devastated the island’s power grid — and estimates suggest residents won’t believe full power again until mid-December.
Imagine a similar grid outage hit your community.
Puerto Rico’s struggle to recover from the damage in the wake of Hurricane Maria without electricity reminds us of how important it is to hold it secure and secure,not only from natural disasters, but from malicious attackers and system failures.
Measuring security, or reliability,vulnerabilityAdam Hahn deeply understands this challenge. ... » More ...
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