When looking ahead to what may happen in this new year it is necessary to first look back. Not only to 2011, but when making plans to move forward even further back to help make the best decisions moving forward. I do a lot of reading, including many mainstream publications written for the general public. You can see a lot of trends and problems by reading about how the general public is reporting (or not) about them. I also like to read the various publications specific to information security, privacy, compliance and technology to see the backstories and guts of the problems. Looking at all such reports helps to provide a more comprehensive view necessary for making good decisions. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Smart Grid’
High Tech and Low Tech Continue to Bedevil Info Sec and Privacy Practitioners
Sunday, January 8th, 2012Smart Grid Privacy: Possible Privacy Standards To Address Concerns
Saturday, November 28th, 2009Sorry to be so tardy in getting a blog post out. As many of you know I’ve been working with the NIST Smart Grid Privacy Subgroup since late June. The work done for this group is through time volunteered by all involved.
As a quick recap, I led the privacy impact assessment (PIA) for the consumer-to-utility portion of the planned smart grid during the late June to late August/early September time frame. On Friday, 11/20, I provided an update on our NIST groups activities during the Gridwise Alliance phone conference; perhaps some of you were on that call?
Here are some links showing information about our NIST Smart Grid privacy group’s work:
15 Smart Grid Privacy Concerns + Other Smart Grid Thoughts
Monday, November 9th, 2009I’ve had about half a dozen folks ask me how things are going with the work I’m doing with the NIST Smart Grid privacy group, and if I could provide an update since my last couple of posts on the topic here and here.
The time is going by much too quickly, and I am getting a bit nervous as we get closer to when we need to have the next draft of the NISTIR ready, tentatively set for December 31; there is so much more to do in this VOLUNTEER group effort…
Smart Grid Privacy: Laws and Implications
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009I was recently asked several questions about my work with the NIST Smart Grid privacy group and associated issues. Here are a couple of those questions, and my answers to them…
10 Smart Grid Consumer-to-Utility Privacy Concerns; Are There More?
Friday, September 25th, 2009I have had the great opportunity to participate in the NIST Smart Grid privacy standards group since July…
How To Do Privacy Impact Assessments
Monday, September 21st, 2009Last week I was very fortunate to be able to speak at the IAPP Privacy Academy in Boston…
