Last week, the Biden Administration through the Department of Energy, took actions regarding Executive Order 13920 (the “Bulk Power Order”). Such actions effectively established a clean slate for how the Biden...more
According to media reports, ransomware attacks against the manufacturing industry have more than tripled compared with last year. This dramatic rise in cyberattacks poses serious concerns about the vulnerability of critical...more
Editors’ Note: This is the first in our fifth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year. The Growing Threat of Ransomware - According to media reports,...more
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has taken the first major step towards implementing the recent Executive Order (EO) from the Trump Administration that seeks to protect the national bulk-power system (BPS) from foreign...more
On May 1, 2020, President Trump issued Executive Order 13920 on “Securing the U.S. Bulk-Power System” (EO), the most public and potentially far-reaching action to address the long-standing U.S. governmental concern about...more
As discussed in detail in a previous McGuireWoods alert, on May 1, 2020, President Trump issued Executive Order 13920 (EO) prohibiting the acquisition, importation, transfer or installation of certain equipment tied to a...more
President Trump’s May 1, 2020 Executive Order prohibiting certain transactions involving bulk-power system electric equipment developed, manufactured or supplied by a foreign adversary could have far-reaching implications for...more
On May 1, 2020, President Trump issued an “Executive Order on Securing the United States Bulk-Power System,” aimed at preventing cyberattacks to and interference by foreign adversaries with the US power grid. Specifically,...more
On May 1, 2020, President Trump issued Executive Order 13920 (“Executive Order”), which prohibited certain transactions involving bulk-power system electric equipment manufactured or supplied by persons owned by, controlled...more
The Order prohibits the purchase or installation of certain bulk-power system electric equipment from foreign adversaries and those subject to their jurisdiction or direction. Key Points: ..On May 1, 2020, President...more
On May 1, 2020, the White House ratcheted up cybersecurity protection for the nation’s power grid by empowering the Secretary of Energy to prohibit the sale of certain foreign-made equipment for use in the US bulk power...more
President Trump’s May 1, 2020, Executive Order prohibiting certain transactions involving bulk-power system electric equipment developed, manufactured or supplied by a foreign adversary could have far-reaching implications...more