
The Department of Energy is placing an increased emphasis on public-private partnerships to combat future cybers threats to critical infrastructure operational technology (OT), according to written testimony from a department official to a House energy panel. A House Energy and Commerce oversight subcommittee hearing on Friday to examine the DoE’s role in establishing cyber security standards for national infrastructure was postponed. Bruce Walker, assistant secretary for DoE’s Office of Electricity Delivery and EnergyReliability, was scheduled to testify. His written testimony was…