Much of America's power grid and telecommunications systems is vulnerable to EMP attack.
On the cyber-security threat, Blair's written testimony described an inability to contend with attacks using computer networks and telecommunications systems.
Although protecting the nation's entire electronic and telecommunications systems against EMP strike is unreasonable, protecting some of those assets is possible.
Protect the vital nodes of America's power grid and telecommunications systems.
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However, it requires cranking up the juice so much that such systems tend to emit a lot of radiation and thus create interference with other telecommunications systems.
The UK's past investment in the Esa programme called Artes ( Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems) has generated an economic return for the UK of more than six to one.
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On July 15, 1996, President Bill Clinton issued Executive Order No. 13010, in which he identified eight infrastructure systems critical to the nation's survival: telecommunications, electric power systems, oil and gas storage, transportation, banking and finance, storage and transportation, water supply systems, and emergency services (including medical, police, fire and rescue, and continuity of government).
In addition to the possibility of cybercombat between nations, the military acknowledges that terrorists without the backing of any country can potentially use cyberweapons to disrupt U.S. telecommunications or banking systems that are largely electronic.
What keeps national security experts who study this up at night, is the fact that an EMP blast has the capability to wreak havoc on critical infrastructure such as telecommunications, computer systems, and even the power grid.
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In particular, 90% of the companies surveyed in America handle information systems and telecommunications centrally, compared with 68% of Europeans, and many more handle purchasing and distribution.
Potential participants include users and producers of systems and components for telecommunications carriers, Internet exchanges, financial markets, data centers, multiple system operators (MSOs) networking systems, high-performance computing, network storage and servers and other individuals interested in future IEEE 802.3 Ethernet wireline standards.
An attack on U.S. computer networks could knock out power grids, telecommunications, transportation and banking systems in a matter of seconds.
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Multibillion-dollar budgets have parked people in space, allowed global telecommunications and brought Star Wars military systems within reach.
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These products are used in telecommunications networks, computer-controlled systems, security systems, emergency lighting, electric utilities and switchgear, medical equipment, rail signaling, renewable energy, and military and aviation equipment.
Besides its main operations, which provide billing and other software to mobile telecommunications companies, Comverse owns 57% of Verint Systems, which provides network security services.
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Cisco Systems (CSCO) remains a key supplier of telecommunications and networking equipment that grows with the usage of the Internet.
Drawing on more than 150 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences.
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