Department of Energy strategy aims to make power systems more resilient to hacking
Citing an increase in criminal and nation-state hackers targeting the energy sector, the Department of Energy has released a five-year strategy to cut down on the risk of power-supply disruptions resulting from cyber incidents. “Despite improving defenses, it has become increasingly difficult for energy companies to keep up with growing and aggressive cyberattacks,” the document states. The department is trying to change that dynamic through a strategy to boost threat-sharing with the private sector, curb supply-chain risk, and accelerate research and development to make energy systems more resilient to hacking. The strategy will serve as a roadmap for the new Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, for which President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget requests $96 million. “Today, any cyber incident has the potential to disrupt energy services, damage highly specialized equipment, and threaten human health and safety,” Bruce Walker, an assistant secretary of Energy, wrote in the […]
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