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CISA Issues Enhanced Guidance to Mitigate Cyber Threats to Operational Technology Systems

Alston & Bird on 5/13/2025

Overview - On May 6, 2025, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in coordination with the FBI, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Department of Energy (DOE), issued a joint fact sheet titled...more

Cybersecurity in the Nuclear Industry: US and UK Regulation and the Sellafield Case

Womble Bond Dickinson on 3/6/2025

This is the fifth article in Womble Bond Dickinson’s Energy & Natural Resources thought leadership series titled “Going Nuclear: A Sustainable Solution to Rising Energy Demand.” The series will explore the changing landscape...more

New Information Technology Security Requirements for Critical Infrastructure Facilities in Alberta

Bennett Jones LLP on 2/27/2025

On May 31, 2025, the Alberta Security Management for Critical Infrastructure Regulation (the Regulation) will come into force and is expected to alter existing security requirements for critical resource infrastructure in...more

Cybersecurity and Solar Power Vulnerability

Husch Blackwell LLP on 2/11/2025

As noted , the renewable energy sector faces growing concerns over its vulnerability to cyberattacks. Since then, the situation has not improved; the U.S. electrical grid has grown more vulnerable to cyberattacks, with...more

Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Update – Incident Response Improves, Industry Standards Evolve

Polsinelli on 10/29/2024

Critical infrastructure facilities are increasingly vulnerable to cybersecurity events, as demonstrated by the number of cyberattacks that have occurred this year against utilities including those in the energy sector...more

Cybersecurity in the Age of Industry 4.0 - Part 1

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/13/2024

As the manufacturing sector continues to embrace the hyper-connected era of Smart Manufacturing, known as Industry 4.0, more and more organizations are integrating advanced automation, artificial intelligence (AI), the...more

U.S. Electrical Grid and Renewables – Vulnerability to Cyber Attacks

Husch Blackwell LLP on 10/2/2023

As discussed previously in this blog, physical attacks against substations have been on the rise. However, the U.S. power grid is also vulnerable to cyberattacks from U.S. adversaries, which includes hostile foreign...more

FERC Approves Extending Risk Management Practices to Low-Impact Cyber Systems

Troutman Pepper Locke on 4/11/2023

On March 16, 2023, FERC approved a new cybersecurity reliability standard, CIP-003-9 (along with associated violation risk factors and violation security levels), proposed by the North American Electric Reliability...more

New Regulatory Agenda Reveals Forthcoming Cybersecurity Regulations

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/10/2023

The Biden Administration released its Fall 2022 regulatory agenda (Regulatory Agenda) on Jan. 4, 2023. In it, the administration outlined regulations aimed at cybersecurity requirements for government contractors, the...more

Recent Warnings Highlight Need for Enhanced Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure

Perkins Coie on 3/30/2022

The U.S. government has steadily increased its warnings about malicious cyber activity by Russia and other sophisticated persistent adversaries. Following several warnings from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and...more

Longing For A Digital Twin: What The Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack Can Teach Us About Planning For Uncertainty

Opportune LLP on 5/28/2021

Find out why the recent Colonial Pipeline cyberattack reinforces the need for modeling and creating a digital twin of a supply chain, which can go a long way in planning for uncertainty....more

Cyberattack Shuts Major US Fuel Pipeline: Why Colonial Pipeline & Why Now?

Opportune LLP on 5/14/2021

Find out why the cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline will have broad implications on how the energy industry defends and responds to future incidents....more

Top 4 Tips When Creating Your Business Continuity Plan

Opportune LLP on 5/14/2021

Find out why developing and continually maintaining a business continuity plan can help energy companies better prepare for unexpected disturbances....more

SAP Issues Cybersecurity Alert: What You Can Do To Protect Your ERP

Opportune LLP on 4/21/2021

Here’s how the SAP Community can mitigate the risk of a widespread cybersecurity incident involving their SAP systems....more

Enhancing Your ETRM System With Advanced Analytics & Data Visualization

Opportune LLP on 4/7/2021

Leverage the data and analytics you have with your ETRM system to give your organization better decision-making tools....more

The Cybersecurity Risk Posed By Your Outdated ETRM System

Opportune LLP on 3/11/2021

Is your ETRM system leaving you exposed to cybersecurity threats?...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - March 2020

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 3/9/2020

Massive New Bipartisan Senate Energy Legislative Package Could See Vote as Early as Next Week - "The 555 page legislative package combines almost all the 50 energy bills that were reported to the Senate in 2019, and is...more

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - January 2020 #3

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 2/1/2020

Energy Blockchain’s Most Obvious Use Case is Not What You Think - "Instead, a select group of blockchain companies is finding success with a focus on certificates of origin, helping demonstrate the provenance of renewable...more

Cybersecurity 2020 — The Year in Preview: The Energy Sector’s Growing Vulnerability to Cyberattack

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 12/17/2019

Editors’ Note: This is the second in our fourth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year. Our previous entry discussed the CCPA. Up next: a look into how...more

Are Smart Grids Smart Enough to Prevent Cyber Attacks?

Snell & Wilmer on 10/18/2019

As electric utilities move towards the implementation of smart grid software and hardware, an area of interest is potential exposure to cyber attacks. The electric grid generally refers to the network of transmission lines,...more

OIG Releases Status Report Following Audit of NRC’s Cybersecurity Inspections at Nuclear Power Plants

Morgan Lewis on 8/28/2019

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC’s) Assistant Inspector General for Audits issued a memorandum on August 20 on the status of recommendations based on the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) Audit of NRC’s Cyber...more

Director of Physical and Cyber Security Cautions NRC Staff Following Cyber Security Program Assessment

Morgan Lewis on 8/21/2019

Following the July 12, 2019, release of “Power Reactor Cyber Security Program Assessment,” the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC’s) Director of Physical and Cyber Security Policy in the Office of Nuclear Security and...more

GAO Releases Cybersecurity Risk Management Report

Morgan Lewis on 7/31/2019

On July 25, 2019, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) released GAO-19-384, a report to congressional requesters analyzing the cybersecurity risk management of 23 civilian agencies—including the Nuclear...more

FERC and NERC Talk Grid Resilience and Cybersecurity

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 4/3/2019

On March 22, 2019, Foley Hoag hosted the New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable, organized by Raab Associates. The roundtable featured keynote addresses by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) Commissioner...more

New TSA Cybersecurity Roadmap States Specific Requirements for Pipeline Industry - White House, DoD and Congress Remain Focused on...

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/17/2018

• The pipeline sector is a crucial aspect of the nation's economic and national security. While the sector has a host of regulators on various aspects of the industry from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), U.S....more

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