How Smart Is the Smart Grid?

Today's national electrical grid has only rudimentary monitoring capabilities. That's brought calls for a "smart grid" — one that not only has more robust monitoring capabilities, but also the intelligence to route excess electrical power around overloaded circuits. But an article on MarketWatch.com notes that some say the so-called smart grid, may not, in fact, be smart enough. It may be an open invitation to hackers to try to gain control of certain circuits and control systems, for purposes of vandalism, ransom, or even cyber-warfare. Do you have concerns that a smart grid might raise more security vulnerabilities than it solves?

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