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Author:

Koppel, Ted, 1940 February 8- author.

Title:

Lights out : a cyberattack, a nation unprepared, surviving the aftermath (Large Type) / Ted Koppel.

Edition:

First large print edition.

Publisher:

Random House Large Print,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

viii, 356 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Electric utilities--Security measures--United States.
Emergency management--United States.
Cyberterrorism--United States.
Preparedness.
Self-reliant living--United States.
Large type books.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-324) and index.

Contents:

Part I: A Cyberattack -- 1. Warfare 2.0 -- 2. AK-47s and EMPs -- 3. Regulation Gridlock -- 4. Attack Surfaces -- 5. Guardians of the Grid -- 6. What Are the Odds? -- 7. Preparing the Battlefield -- 8. Independent Actors -- Part II: A Nation Unprepared -- 9. Step Up, Step Down -- 10. Extra Batteries -- 11. State of Emergency -- 12. Press Six If You've Been Affected by a Disaster -- Part III: Surviving the Aftermath -- 13. The Ark Builders -- 14. Some Men Are an Island -- 15. Where the Buffalo Roamed -- 16. The Mormons -- 17. State of Deseret -- 18. Constructive Ambiguity -- 19. Solutions -- 20. Summing Up -- Epilogue: The Virtue of a Plan.

Summary:

"A renowned broadcast journalist reports that a major cyberattack on America's power grid is not only possible but likely, that it would be unimaginably devastating and that the United States is shockingly unprepared."--NoveList.

ISBN:

080419484X
9780804194846

OCLC:

(OCoLC)913331307

Locations:

TNPD062 -- Belle Plaine Community Library (Belle Plaine)

AHPD597 -- Chariton Public Library (Chariton)

BLPC611 -- Earlham Public Library (Earlham)

VUPB454 -- Elma Public Library (Elma)

NUPD663 -- Osage Public Library (Osage)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)