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Trump Moves To Secure U.S. Bulk-Power System From Cyber Attacks

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, May 1st, 2020

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Trump Moves To Secure U.S. Bulk-Power System From Cyber Attacks

President Donald Trump. Photo: White House.

President Trump last Friday issued an executive order aimed at securing the nation’s major power generation and high-voltage transmission systems, particularly from cyber-attacks, by prohibiting the acquisition and installation of electric equipment for the bulk-power system from foreign adversaries. The directive, which applies to federal agencies and any entity or person in the U.S., authorizes the Secretary of Energy to establish a pre-qualified vendor list, identify equipment already in use that is now prohibited so that it can be isolated…

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