A Vulnerable Electric Grid

Business is about making money. It is about returning value to the shareholder. It is about making those quarterly balance statements look good. There is little about business that has to do with safety and security as a value. Generally, people in business want to be "compliant" and not called out for any deficiencies. In order to meet standards and not have them be overly burdensome, the best tactic is to control what the standards are and then meet these bare bones requirements. Doing this allows one to make money and still look responsible.

All of the above is called out in the piece written by George Cotter in this edition of The CIP Report.  His article starts on page 6. It is a sorry state of affairs when profit overrides service and accountability to one's customers, the quality, and in this case the reliability, of the product becomes diminished. 

I fear for our nation. The above type of thinking seems to dominate all aspects of our lives. I see Republican politicians endorsing Donald Trump only so they can be reelected. They may be able to justify it in their minds, but principles seem to have been thrown out the window in political expediency. How can you endorse someone and then on multiple occasions repudiate the candidate for what comes out of his mouth.

Back to the topic at hand. People say their organization is "secure" but have no basis for the statement other than their self-derived low standards.

Yikes!