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Senate Panel Advances Bill Pushing Energy Sector To Adopt Analog Technology For Improved Cyber Threat Prevention

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, March 9th, 2018

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Senate Panel Advances Bill Pushing Energy Sector To Adopt Analog Technology For Improved Cyber Threat Prevention

A Senate energy panel unanimously approved a bill Thursday directing the energy sector to adopt lower-grade technology needed to facilitate better cyber security controls in the face of growing threats to critical infrastructure. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee advanced the bipartisan Securing Energy Infrastructure Act (S.79), co-sponsored by Sens. Angus King (I-Maine) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), which would establish a two-year pilot program to study possibly moving energy sector systems to analog controls and away from cyber-vulnerable digital…

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