Cybersecurity
Union Leader Says Utilities Not Incentivized to Report Cyber Incidents or Implement Protections
FERC’s recently “expanded” reporting requirements leave it up to entities to decide on qualifying events.
Ideas
How Iran's Military Outsources Its Cyber Threat Forces
These intermediaries are loyal to the regime but separate from it.
Cybersecurity
DOD CIO Is Prepping Guidance on Endpoint Management
The department aims to clarify what beyond desktops qualifies as an endpoint.
Cybersecurity
FBI to Alert States About Local Election System Hacks
The FBI changed its policy to allow agents to inform both state and local election officials when election systems are breached.
Ideas
Cyberspace Is the Next Front in Iran-U.S. Conflict—and Private Companies May Bear the Brunt
Businesses are at high risk, and strict American criminal laws prohibit many forms of cyber self-defense by private companies.
Emerging Tech
Electric Cars Will Challenge State Power Grids
An Energy Department study found that increased electrification across all sectors of the economy could boost national consumption by as much as 38% by 2050.
Cybersecurity
What’s Next for Iran’s Cyber Actors?
The country has grown as a talented, and destructive, network threat over the last several years.
Emerging Tech
NIST Is Offering $6M For Technical Help With Its Smart Grid, IoT Research
The standards agency is building a contract for technical services in support of its cyber-physical systems research.
Cybersecurity
Senate Committee Approves $250 Million to Fund the Electric Grid Security
The PROTECT Act would create a federal grant program to help small utility companies improve their digital defenses.
Cybersecurity
CISA Wants Feedback on Its Vulnerability Assessments
The agency is looking to improve a program that lets critical infrastructure operators measure their digital security and see how they stack up against their counterparts.
Modernization
Agriculture Funds More than $1 Billion in Projects to Boost Rural Infrastructure
The broadband and electric investments aim to benefit more than 1.5 million businesses and residents.
Cybersecurity
NIST is Hunting for Tech to Secure the Energy Sector’s Network
Officials want to help power companies bolster their digital defenses as renewable energy resources like solar panels and wind turbines introduce more vulnerabilities to the grid.
Emerging Tech
Energy to Fund Critical Infrastructure Projects for Native American Communities
Formal applications will open by November’s end.
Cybersecurity
6 Cyber Bills You Might Have Missed
The bills aim to strengthen the Homeland Security Department’s cybersecurity efforts and help the energy sector improve its digital defenses.
Cybersecurity
CISA Task Force Catalogs 190 Supply Chain Security Threats
But the group has yet to offer many concrete policies to keep agencies from falling victim.
Cybersecurity
McConnell Voices Support for $250 Million in Election Security Funds
The bill marks “a great step forward,” but states will need more consistent investment to make long-term improvements, according to CISA Director Chris Krebs.
Emerging Tech
Agencies Work to Embrace—and Secure—the Internet of Things
Inside officials shared their lessons learned and concerns around the evolving connectivity.
Emerging Tech
Energy Department’s New Innovation Center Will Be a Testbed for New Reactor Tech
The National Reactor Innovation Center will bring all stakeholders together to build and test—and ultimately field—new ideas in nuclear energy production.
Emerging Tech
CISA Is Using Drones to Help Secure Critical Infrastructure
The aircraft will be used to both shoot footage of security exercises and simulate real-world drone attacks, officials said.
Ideas