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TSA Plans Second Cyber Directive For Pipeline Operators

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, June 16th, 2021

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TSA Plans Second Cyber Directive For Pipeline Operators

Sonya Proctor, assistant administrator to TSA for Surface Operations. Photo: TSA

Building on a recent security directive to owners and operators of pipelines, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is developing a new regulation to further strengthen cybersecurity within the pipeline sector, an agency official said this week. The second directive “will require more specific mitigation measures and it will ultimately include more specific requirements with regard to assessments,” Sonya Proctor, assistant administrator for Surface Operations at TSA, said at a House hearing on Tuesday. She added that the directive will be…

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