Lights out
Subtitle: a cyberattack, a nation unprepared, surviving the aftermath
By: Ted Koppel
Edition: First large print edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780804194846
Subjects: Emergency management; Cyberterrorism; Preparedness; Self-reliant living; Large type books; Security measures; Electric utilities
Description: "A renowned broadcast journalist reports that a major cyberattack on America's power grid is not only possible but likely, that it would be unimaginably devastating and that the United States is shockingly unprepared."--NoveList.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-324) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: A Cyberattack; title: 1. Warfare 2.0; title: 2. AK-47s and EMPs; title: 3. Regulation Gridlock; title: 4. Attack Surfaces; title: 5. Guardians of the Grid; title: 6. What Are the Odds?; title: 7. Preparing the Battlefield; title: 8. Independent Actors; title: Part II: A Nation Unprepared; title: 9. Step Up, Step Down; title: 10. Extra Batteries; title: 11. State of Emergency; title: 12. Press Six If You've Been Affected by a Disaster; title: Part III: Surviving the Aftermath; title: 13. The Ark Builders; title: 14. Some Men Are an Island; title: 15. Where the Buffalo Roamed; title: 16. The Mormons; title: 17. State of Deseret; title: 18. Constructive Ambiguity; title: 19. Solutions; title: 20. Summing Up; title: Epilogue: The Virtue of a Plan.