BackSense is new methodology to identify the possible sources location and time frame of a contamination that may cause the trigger of a set of water quality sensors that are part of an Early Contamination Warning System (ECWS). The basic …
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On 1941 the Arab Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini met with Adolf Hitler and discussed ways to ‘solve the Jewish problem’. Three years later the Nazis and the Arabs of Palestine planned to poison the drinking water in Tel-Aviv …
According to the New York Sun “New York City’s water supply could be the target of contamination if a water system map made its way into the wrong hands…” New York City’s water supply could be the target of contamination …
InfraGard 2005 National Conference (hosted by the InfraGard National Members Alliance and the FBI) has a track called “Taking Aim at Our Nationג€™s Drinking Water”: Track Overview As security tightens around airports and other facilities, terrorists are acquiring targets that …
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“With financial help from the Pentagon, Israeli scientists develop a means for identifying any kind of water contamination. The well-equipped Israeli defense establishment may receive a significant addition by the end of the year – an artificial tongue. Teams of …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Water utilities have installed computer-based remote controls “with little attention paid to security,” leaving valves, pumps and chemical mixers for water supplies vulnerable to cyber-attack, according to an Environmental Protection Agency report. See full story at insecure.org
“Water Supply Systems Security” by Larry Mays (editor) is actually a collection of articles covering a wide area of the security issue. This book deals with vulnerability assessment, cyber threats, early warning systems, security hardware, reliability, remote monitoring and more. …
By Avi Ostfeld and Elad Salomons Abstract:Deliberate contamination is generally viewed as the most serious potential terrorist threat to water systems.Chemical or biological agents could spread throughout a distribution system and result in sickness or death among the people drinking …
