Lights Out: A Cyberattack, a Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (953 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0143RYF9W |
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| Number of Pages | : | 313 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Devices we rely on have gone dark. But how, Koppel asks, will ordinary civilians survive? With urgency and authority, one of our most renowned journalists examines a threat unique to our time and evaluates potential ways to prepare for a catastrophe that is all but inevitable.. In fact, as a former chief scientist of the NSA reveals, China and Russia have already penetrated the grid. We also see the unrivaled disaster preparedness of the Mormon church, with its enormous storehouses, high-tech dairies, orchards, and proprietary trucking company - the fruits of a long tradition of anticipating the worst. It isn't just a scenario. For those without access to generators, there is no running water, no sewage, no refrigeration or light. "It's not a question of if," says Centcom Commander General Lloyd Austin, "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. The current secretary of homeland security suggests keeping a battery-powered radio. And a cybersecurity advisor to President Obama believes that independent actors - from "hacktivists" to terrorists - have the capability as well. Food and medical supplies are
Possibly the most important book of the decade People have been warning of the potential catastrophe awaiting us if the electric grid should fail for a long time, but most of those warnings have fallen on deaf ears or considered the rantings of post-apocalyptic doomsayers. But when Ted Koppel--one of the nation's most trusted journalists--takes up the cause, each and every one of us needs to listen. In a relatively short and readable book, Koppel succinctly and unemotionally makes the case that (a) the electric grid of the U.S. is extremely vulnerable to collapse due to either cyberwarfare, EMP attack, or solar flare; (b) due to a variety of economic and political reasons, we . It seems to have a good list of references but there are not a lot In response to the age old question "Where were you when the lights went out?"Same place where I was, in the dark.This book reflects the authors capability to interview important people. However their responses are fairly uniform across the board.Yes, there might be a problem and we are doing very little to prepare.The book is short, I read it on a Sunday afternoon. It seems to have a good list of references but there are not a lot of details in the recommendations. Three chapters and about 27 pages are used to discuss the Mormons, which can be summed up as they are prepared.Based on a TV interview I expected more details, Such as. "Cyber Pearl Harbor" according to David Wineberg. Because he’s Ted Koppel, he gets to interview cabinet secretaries and their senior staff, as well as senior civil servants, politicians and agency heads. To set up interviews across the country, he simply called US Senators. That quality alone makes Lights Out a higher level read. The other plus is the way Koppel has organized and written this book. It is broken out into bite-sized chapters, like television news items, keeping interest but delivering the salient points succinctly. And he leaves no stone unturned. Every time you think “Yes, but…” he has the answer in the next paragraph, page or chapter. So