When it proceeds to threats to the nation's electrical infrastructure.

When it proceeds to threats to the nation's electrical infrastructure, the enemy may not necessarily be at the gates, on the other hand in front of a computer keyboard in a distant land.

Just ask Larry Dolci security director for Kansas City Power and Light Co

???Threats flow from a variety of sources,??? says Dolci, an attorney who has held a number of positions at the electrical utility. ???Everything from recreational hackers to nation-states.???

discerning in America's heartland, Dolci's company is cyber-scanned 24 hours a day from those attempting to make unauthorized connections.

???Somewhere between 5000 and 6000 sources will prove by experiment to connect with us each month??? he relates. ???It's not unusual. If you're monitoring, that's what you will behold Even people with home computer who have impose on personal firewalls and who have digital subscriber lines or cable modem one time they start monitoring, will descry within the ...