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Month: May 2018

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And thanks so much for your input, boss!

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 03:00:00 -0700

It’s 1999, and in this IT department the big crisis isn’t Y2k, says a pilot fish there — it’s the Melissa virus.

“We were infected, and we were all called into the Emergency Operations Center to devise a strategy to determine the extent of infection and how to mitigate the effects,” fish says.

“The server admins were coming up with methods to clean up any servers that were affected. The desktop group was trying to figure out how many desktops were infected. We in the network group were trying to come up with a way to block traffic from the virus, both inbound and outbound, at the firewalls.

“Everything was moving as well as could be expected, but we had to give an update to senior leadership on progress.

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Watch out for Gmail’s new Confidential Mode

Credit to Author: Mike Elgan| Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 03:00:00 -0700

Most email can either be secure or easy to use. You can have one but not both.

That’s why people are so excited about a new feature in Google’s Gmail. It’s called Confidential Mode, and it’s an easy way to make email more private.

Confidential Mode lets you add an “expiration date” to emails. Once that date arrives, the email is no longer viewable by the recipient.

Messages marked as Confidential can’t be copied, forwarded, printed or downloaded.

And you can revoke access at any time.

Sounds great, right? Well, not so fast. There are a lot of “gotchas” in the new Confidential Mode that you need to know about.

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Break the Myth: Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) in Medium Voltage Gas-Insulated Switchgear

Credit to Author: Shirley Xiao| Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 12:37:38 +0000

Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is a synthetic gas that is both recyclable and reusable. It was first produced in the early 20th century in a laboratory in Paris, and first patented… Read more »

The post Break the Myth: Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) in Medium Voltage Gas-Insulated Switchgear appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

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The best adaptive protection for electrical systems: Implement IEC 61850 and GOOSE

Credit to Author: Angel Silos| Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 08:50:06 +0000

Smart grids name electricity networks that use digital technology to coordinate requirements of all electricity stakeholders –  generators, system operators, end users and other aggregators – in a such way… Read more »

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