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TSA Gives Pipeline Operators More Flexibility In Implementing Cybersecurity Measures

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, July 21st, 2022

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TSA Gives Pipeline Operators More Flexibility In Implementing Cybersecurity Measures

Transportation Security Administration Administrator David Pekoske. Photo: TSA

The Transportation Security Administration is taking a new approach in cyber regulations for oil and gas pipeline operators, allowing them to sort out what is best for their respective businesses rather than being told how to do it, the agency’s chief said on Thursday. Administrator David Pekoske told a Senate committee that he would sign a revised security directive that “allows what’s currently being done to continue. But, if owners and operators want to more tailor their cyber approach to…

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