US program to provide surveillance on critical infrastructure
As cyber attacks and espionage against critical infrastructure increase the US government is launching a program to protect critical infrastructure. This program will target older computer control systems and its goal is to close serious security vulnerabilities in control and automation systems.
U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies
The Wall Street Journal
July 8th, 2010
The federal government is launching an expansive program dubbed "Perfect Citizen" to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, according to people familiar with the program.
The surveillance by the National Security Agency, the government's chief eavesdropping agency, would rely on a set of sensors deployed in computer networks for critical infrastructure that would be triggered by unusual activity suggesting an impending cyber attack, though it wouldn't persistently monitor the whole system, these people said.