Tag: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced Tuesday the presence of a critical ‘Command Injection’ vulnerability in the webserver of some Hikvision cameras. Due to insufficient input validation, an attacker can potentially exploit the vulnerability to launch a command…

A cybersecurity expert has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to direct the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to conduct a comprehensive survey of all registered entities in the bulk power systems (BPS) to determine what Chinese equipment…

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a report that analyzes cyber security risks that exist in the pipeline network, which is vital to the economy and integral to the nation’s energy supply, with links to power plants, refineries, airports, and…

The U.S. Senate passed on Tuesday a bipartisan infrastructure bill following several months of negotiations, which will help boost infrastructure resiliency in the country, already plagued by several cybersecurity incidents affecting its critical infrastructure sector. The bill, called the Infrastructure…

A group of US senators have come together to introduce bipartisan legislation that will boost electric grid security by incentivizing electric utilities to make investments in cybersecurity. The bill also establishes a Department of Energy (DOE) grant and technical assistance…