Practical Embedded Security

Preface

Living in a Connected World

1:37 AM. Hoover Dam, straddling the border of Nevada and Arizona, is quietly generating electricity for millions of Americans. The power plant, having recently been retrofitted with a new, remotely controlled automation system, is devoid of life, except for the blinking lights of the network hubs and automated hardware. Suddenly, the control room is ablaze with light, and the whirring of machines breaks the silence. The enormous floodgates open, a torrent of water rushing forth, sending a wave of destruction toward the unsuspecting communities downstream on the Colorado River. The turbines grind to a halt, plunging the desert into darkness. All the while, a teenager in Florida is laughing in the glow of his ...