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The Secure The Grid Minute

The Secure The Grid Minute is a routine public service announcement from the Secure the Grid Coalition, focusing on the need to safeguard our nation"s most critical infrastructure - The Electric Grid!

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Two Louisiana Lawmakers Got It Right: Utility...

The Secure The Grid Minute ·

2020/11/03

This is Tommy Waller with the Secure the Grid Minute.Last month, U.S. Senator John Kennedy and U.S. Representative Clay Higgins - introduced a bill that would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that utility line technicians qualify as emergency response providers. The legislation illustrates a true reality – that electric utility workers are real heroes, and not just in the wake of the hurricanes that recently plagued the Gulf South. I have personally served in the Marines for

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Nobel Peace Prize Nomination for The FIRST American...

The Secure The Grid Minute ·

2020/10/26

This is Tommy Waller with the Secure the Grid Minute. On October 26th, 2020, President Trump was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for succeeding in addressing two massive national security threats which have plagued the United States, and the free world, for more than six decades: North Korea and the catastrophically dangerous threat to modern civilization posed by both man-made and natural electromagnetic pulse (EMP). The nomination commended President Trump for “deterring nuclear war with

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As Trump Calls for Grid Security, Will Grid Lobbyists...

The Secure The Grid Minute ·

2020/05/05

This is Tommy Waller with the Secure the Grid Minute. On May 1st, 2020, President Trump issued an unprecedented executive order, taking significant and long overdue steps to remedy what the order described as “a national emergency with respect to the threat to the United States bulk-power system.” It identifies the grave threat to our electrical grid from supply chain vulnerabilities and cyber threats which emanate from countries like Russia and China. The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), which

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Did Iran just demonstrate they can take down the...

The Secure The Grid Minute ·

2020/04/24

This is Tommy Waller with the Secure the Grid Minute. This week, Iran reportedly launched a military satellite using the same advanced technologies that guide intercontinental ballistic missiles, which could deliver nuclear, chemical, or even biological weapons to “wipe Israel off the map,” attack U.S. bases and allies in the region, and even US and NATO installations as far away as Western Europe. Most worrisome, though, is that the Iranian’s appear to have just rehearsed a decades-old technique

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As Media Concerns About Iranian Cyber Attacks...

The Secure The Grid Minute ·

2020/01/22

This is Tommy Waller with the Secure the Grid Minute. In the wake of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani liquidation, there was much media concern about the prospect of Iranian cyberattacks on American targets, particularly critical infrastructure such as our electric grid. As the media concerns about this threat have diminished, our electric grid’s cyber vulnerabilities persist – and to threats from far more capable adversaries than just Iran. Russia and China have made cyber intrusions into our grid

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Helping a 9/11 Survivor Prevent Another “Failure to...

The Secure The Grid Minute ·

2019/09/11

This is Tommy Waller with the Secure The Grid Minute. Today marks the 18th anniversary of 9/11, an event precipitated by Islamic jihadis who exploited America’s “Failure to Imagine.” During that attack, US Army Command Sergeant Major Michael Mabee was working in the 6th World Trade Center building and performed heroic actions to save the life of a handicapped co-worker who he evacuated. Since 9/11, threats from the global jihad and other totalitarian adversaries – including Russia, North Korea,

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An Executive Order That Must Inspire a Paradigm Shift...

The Secure The Grid Minute ·

2019/03/29

This is Tommy Waller with the Secure The Grid Minute. This week President Trump issued an Executive Order on Coordinating National Resilience to EMP. Until now, many in government and private industry have been rewarded for downplaying the threat from EMP and ridiculing those who warned about EMP as “unreasonable” or “apocalyptic.” This Executive Order builds upon the research of the Free World’s most credible experts – the Congressional EMP Commission – and directs the U.S. Government to take

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Secretary Perry Warned of Polar Vortex-Induced...

The Secure The Grid Minute ·

2019/02/01

This is Tommy Waller with the Secure The Grid Minute. In 2017, Energy Secretary Rick Perry proposed incentives for electricity companies to keep 90 days of back up fuel, to both bolster national security and help prevent blackouts during severe weather events, including polar vortexes. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) was quick to dismiss this effort and maintain its “business as usual” approach to allowing the energy industry to set the rules. Since 2010, immediately after the

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Real National Security Experts are a Real Threat – To...

The Secure The Grid Minute ·

2018/05/30

This is Tommy Waller with the Secure The Grid Minute. Two of the world’s rogue nations that have actively prepared to attack America’s most critical infrastructure – our electric grid – are the Islamic Republic of Iran and North Korea. Such an attack could put at risk the very survival of our civilization. Thankfully, one of our nation’s foremost experts on these threats has been appointed as Chief of Staff for the National Security Council in the White House. Fred Fleitz – A career CIA officer

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Deals and Deception – Why We MUST Secure Our Grid

The Secure The Grid Minute ·

2018/05/02

This is Tommy Waller with the Secure The Grid Minute. News outlets this week are filled with commentary about the prospect for a “deal” between North Korean dictator Kim Jon Un and his democratically elected southern counterpart. Our nation’s leaders must remember that a deal is only as good as the people making it, a fact made clear today by Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he unveiled an "atomic archive" of evidence that Iran continued to develop its nuclear program despite the

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President Trump’s National Security Strategy – A...

The Secure The Grid Minute ·

2018/01/08

This is Tommy Waller with the Secure The Grid Minute. Just days before Christmas President Trump announced his new National Security Strategy. This strategy is a significant and positive departure from those published by his predecessors. Important elements of this strategy give hope to those of us who care deeply about protecting America’s most critical infrastructure – the Electric Grid. First, the strategy admits vulnerability to this infrastructure by cyber, physical, and electromagnetic

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Atlanta Travelers Weren’t Ready. Will YOU BE When the...

The Secure The Grid Minute ·

2017/12/18

This is Tommy Waller with the Secure The Grid Minute. Yesterday the busiest airport in the world suffered an electrical blackout lasting about 10 hours. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s announcement that “authorities immediately started distributing water” to travelers after the power went down, illustrates just how unprepared most Americans are to go anywhere or do anything without the support of a constant flow of electricity. How ready are YOU to live without power? Our nation’s enemies – such as

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FERC Stonewalls Energy Secretary Perry on Grid...

The Secure The Grid Minute ·

2017/12/12

This is Tommy Waller with the Secure The Grid Minute. Stonewalling is “The act of refusing communication, stalling, or evading, especially to avoid revealing embarrassing information and escape accountability.” This is an apt description of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in their treatment of a recent initiative of Energy Secretary Rick Perry to financially incentivize electric generators to build resilience in their operations, in this case rewarding coal and nuclear plants for

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North Korea’s Next Test Just Might Take Out the...

The Secure The Grid Minute ·

2017/11/29

This is Tommy Waller with the Secure The Grid Minute. Yesterday the North Korean’s proved that they can strike anywhere on earth with an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, which – if nuclear armed and detonated at an altitude of 30Km or higher – would produce an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) that would devastate most modern technology within line of sight. The Hermit Kingdom may soon conduct an EMP test over the Pacific Ocean which could catastrophically damage submarine communication cables that

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Authorizing Defense Spending With ONE BIG ASSUMPTION

The Secure The Grid Minute ·

2017/11/15

This is Tommy Waller with the Secure The Grid Minute. Thankfully, many Americans are grateful for the service of military and law enforcement but very rarely ever think about the incredible work that is done around the world to provide for their defense. Another aspect of daily life that most Americans take for granted is electricity, how we depend upon it for every aspect of our civilization, and how without it – not even our military or law enforcement could do their jobs. American citizens

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We’re Halfway through “Critical Infrastructure...

The Secure The Grid Minute ·

2017/11/15

This is Tommy Waller with the Secure The Grid Minute. President Trump declared November to be Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month – a great step in raising awareness about an issue that can be as “life and death important” as many other topics for which calendar months are dedicated. Indeed, we ought to greatly applaud the unsung heroes in our society that keep that infrastructure running. From electricians and linemen working in the weather to repair and maintain transmission

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Studying Something To Death: What if your doctor...

The Secure The Grid Minute ·

2017/11/13

This is Tommy Waller with the Secure The Grid Minute. Let’s for a minute imagine that our nation’s most critical infrastructure – the electric grid – were our own human body being attacked by a disease that could spell death in short order. Would we want our health care provider to schedule check-up after check-up to study the sickness when they possessed a team of physicians with the ability to treat it? What if the provider decided to fire that very team with the expertise needed to keep us

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First to Fight for 242 Years, Can Marines Fight...

The Secure The Grid Minute ·

2017/11/09

This is Tommy Waller with the Secure The Grid Minute. As a Marine, today is a special day. 242 years ago, our Corps was born in a small tavern in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Since that time Marines have led the way in wars to defend Americans and our interests around the world. For Marines, “First to Fight” is not just a slogan. It’s a way of life that I embraced in Iraq and Afghanistan and still do, to this day, here at home. Today, though, our Marines – and 99% of all U.S. Military bases –

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Puerto Ricans Are Leaving In Droves Without...

The Secure The Grid Minute ·

2017/11/09

This is Tommy Waller with the Secure The Grid Minute. With more than 60% of the island’s residents still without electricity 6 weeks after Hurricane Maria, more than 100,000 Puerto Rican residents have now permanently moved off of the island. That’s right, about 1,800 residents per day have left in hope of finding what they lost when their island lost power. This reality should highlight for American policymakers – and the public – just how important our electricity is to our civilization. If

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The MOST IMPORTANT Terrain To Defend Against North...

The Secure The Grid Minute ·

2017/11/07

This is Tommy Waller with the Secure The Grid Minute. As President Trump conducts his lengthy and vitally important visit to Asia, he will undoubtedly be briefed by U.S. Military leaders on the threat from North Korea to our Asian allies. Hopefully these briefings include a detailed look at the physical and human terrain in that area of operations. We would like to remind the President, though, that the most important terrain we must consider when defending against North Korea is in the

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