DHS Orders Pipeline Operators to Report Cyberattacks, Review Security Posture
On the heels of the Colonial Pipeline attack, the US Department of Homeland Security aims to force a reticent industry to improve its ability to detect and respond to cybersecurity attacks.
The US government has issued a security directive that requires critical pipeline owners and operators to take significant steps to improve cybersecurity following the ransomware attacks on Colonial Pipeline earlier in the month.
Today s security directive, issued by the US Department of Homeland Security s (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA), requires critical pipeline operators, such as Colonial Pipeline, to report all confirmed and potential cyberattacks, improve their incident response by assigning a cybersecurity coordinator, and create a cybersecurity plan based on the results of a comprehensive threat assessment conducted within the next 30 days. The US pipeline infrastructure consists of more th
investigation, you ve got to ask, what is it they re afraid will be revealed? i want to ask you about cybersecurity, which is something you care deeply about. the tsa is going to issue new regulations for pipeline operators which includes requirement to inform of a ransomware attack, appointing a permanent cybersecurity liaison and some other measures there. is that enough? no. how is that for a straightforward answer? no. pipelines are essential, critical infrastructure. and they need to rise to the same level that the electric grid has come up with in order to police themselves and also to be subject to what we call pen testing, penetration testing to see how good their systems are. in new england, 60% of our electricity comes from gas pipeline comes from gas, all of which comes from pipeline. so we can do all we can to protect the grid but if the pipeline goes down, the electricity goes off. so the answer is no.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government is preparing to issue its first cybersecurity regulations for pipelines after the Colonial Pipeline hack that disrupted fuel supplies in the southeastern United States, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. The Transportation Security Administration, a unit of the Department of Homeland Security, would require pipeline companies to report cyber incidents to federal authorities, senior DHS officials told the newspaper.
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