Lights Out Ted Koppel Reviews

A cyberattack a nation unprepared surviving the aftermath by ted koppel key takeaways analysis review is a summary of koppel s journalistic essay on the deadly potential of a cyberattack on the united states power grid.

Lights out ted koppel reviews. Lights out is both an acknowledgement of the power grid s vulnerability as well as a call to action to for the government and its citizens. Ted koppel explains the weaknesses in our power grid system and lists the many terrorist organizations that could attack the u s. Koppel paints a vivid picture of this scenario and lays out a technical but comprehensible map on how it could actually occur. Koppel considers the catastrophic consequences of a long term collapse in one of america s three electric power grids resulting from a cyberattack or an act of war.

While the federal government may be underprepared to aid citizens in a grid down scenario koppel traverses the nation to find those who have exemplified personal preparedness measures for a myriad of disaster scenarios. Private thoughts made public 2000 etc sounds the alarm over the likelihood of a devastating cyberattack on the infrastructure of the united states. In my view lights out. We remain distracted to this day by the prospects of retail terrorism when we should be focused on the wholesale threat of cyber catastrophe writes the author.