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Cyber

Grid Security Exercises Leading To Improvements In Security Posture, Officials Say

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, November 14th, 2019

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Grid Security Exercises Leading To Improvements In Security Posture, Officials Say

Biennial exercises that simulate attacks on portions of the power grid in North America have led to a number of security improvements since the first exercise in 2011, industry and government officials said on Thursday. “The point of GridEx is to find our vulnerabilities and improve them,” Tom Fanning, CEO of Southern Company [SO], the second largest utility company in the U.S., said during a media briefing to discuss the latest Grid Security Exercise (GridEx). GridEx V, the fifth version…

Congress

Senate Appropriators Concerned With DoD’s Reconciliation Plan For Top FY ‘27 Priorities, Aide Says

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Congress

With $1.5 Trillion Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

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Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

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Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

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