About Ernie Hayden

Ernie is an author, speaker and consultant with extensive experience in the power utility industry, critical infrastructure protection/information security domain, industrial controls security, cybercrime and cyberwarfare areas. His primary focus is on supporting projects regarding industrial controls security, smart grid security, energy supply security, and oil/gas/electric grid security with special expertise on industrial controls.   Starting in January 2020 returns to lead and operate 443 Consulting LLC

Microgrids and Secure Power Supply

By Ernie Hayden|2022-05-18T18:36:01+00:00January 27th, 2019|

Loss of electric power to any organization can range from a minor inconvenience to challenges affecting data retention/ backup/retrieval to ultimately causing collapse of the services being provided. This is especially problematic during prolonged [...]

When Data Leaves the Roost

By Ernie Hayden|2022-05-03T17:45:14+00:00January 1st, 2010|

Who really owns your business computers and devices and their contents? It’s hard to escape the push for social networking. TV anchors brag about their Twitter files. Facebook and MySpace are in head-tohead competition to [...]