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CISA Sounds the Alarm on Threats to Operational Technology

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Earlier this month the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”), the U.S. federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) whose mission is to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure from...more

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$1M Colonial Pipeline Fine: The Canary in the Coal Mine?

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A proposed $1M civil penalty against Colonial Pipeline for its procedural failures during a ransomware attack could indicate what’s in store for critical infrastructure operators who fail to keep employees up to date on how...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Second Security Directive Issued by TSA to Pipeline Operators

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued its second Security Directive to the pipeline industry on July 20, 2021, following the Colonial Pipeline cybersecurity incident. ...more

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Cyber Proposals Should Reject Impractical Obligations and Victim Shaming

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There is a growing clamor in Congress and the Executive Branch to do something after the Colonial Pipeline incident and other high-profile cyber-attacks. Rushing to impose broad new obligations is perilous. Policymakers...more

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Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Event Highlights Need For Crisis Management Plan

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The recent Colonial Pipeline ransomware event provides a strong incentive for organizations to evaluate their resiliency to cyberattacks. With ransomware being the No. 1 concern for many Security Officers surveyed in a recent...more

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

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

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Cyberattack Forces Gas Pipeline Shutdown

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A cyberattack on a single gas compression facility resulted in the shutdown of a natural gas pipeline for two days, according to a recent alert from the US Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Industrial Control Systems at Risk from Targeted Snake Malware

Researchers at Sentinel One and Dragos have detected malicious code, called EKANS or Snake, that has been designed specifically to target industrial control systems (ICS), including those of oil refineries, manufacturing...more

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

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

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