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Biden Administration Targets Electric Utilities For Cybersecurity Protections

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 20th, 2021

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Biden Administration Targets Electric Utilities For Cybersecurity Protections

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. Photo: Department of Energy

The Department of Energy on Tuesday launched a 100-day sprint to strengthen the cybersecurity of electric utilities’ industrial control systems (ICS) to protect operations from increasing cyber threats, part of the Biden administration’s initiative to bolster cyber protections for critical infrastructures. The new pilot effort is a partnership between the DoE’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, the electric industry, and the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). “The United States faces a well-documented…

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