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Cyber

CISA Urges Chemical Facilities To Bolster Cyber And Physical Defenses

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 21st, 2020

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CISA Urges Chemical Facilities To Bolster Cyber And Physical Defenses

The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging certain chemical facilities in the U.S. to strengthen their cyber and physical security defenses following recent military blows traded by the U.S. and Iran. “In light of recent international events with the potential for retaliatory aggression against the U.S. and our critical infrastructure, CISA urges facilities with chemicals of interest—whether tiered or untiered under the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program—to consider enhanced security measures to decrease the…

Congress

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Army

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