What is the Securing Energy Infrastructure Act?
This Act aims to identify the security vulnerabilities present in certain entities in the energy sector.
The other details
Senator Angus King and Senator Jim Risch introduced the Securing Energy Infrastructure Act. Representative Dutch Ruppersberger and Representative John Carter are said to have introduced a companion bill in the House of Representatives.
“The energy grid powers our financial transactions, communications networks, healthcare services and most of our daily life– so if this critical infrastructure is compromised by a hacker, these building blocks of American life are at risk. Protecting our energy grid is commonsense, bipartisan, and vital to national security, and I’m happy this year’s NDAA will enshrine this needed provision into law,” said Senator Angus King.
The backdrop
This bill comes at a time when the world recently witnessed the first of its kind attack on sPower, a renewable energy provider in the United States. The attacker was reported to have exploited a Cisco firewall vulnerability to disconnect the company’s wind and solar power generation installations from the main command center.
What’s next?
With the NDAA passing the House by a large difference in votes, it is expected to be signed by the President soon.
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