White House Unveils 100-Day Sprint to Better Power Grid Security
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The White House finally unveiled its 100-day plan to protect the U.S. power grid from cyberattacks which include a series of consultations between utilities and the government that will likely take years to implement.
The goal of the plan is to “continue to advance technologies and systems that will provide cyber visibility, detection, and response capabilities for industrial control systems of electric utilities,” according to the Department of Energy (DOE), which is in charge of the initiative. DOE released a new Request for Information (RFI) to “seek input from electric utilities, energy companies, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders to inform future recommendations for supply chain security in U.S. energy systems.”
After suspending an executive order by the Trump Administration, EO 13920, that banned the supply of electri…
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