Highlights and Announcements

Sixth Industry Partner – Rockwell Automation – Signs on to the Department of Energy’s Cyber Testing for Resilient Industrial Control Systems (CyTRICS™) Program

CESER welcomes Rockwell Automation as the sixth industry partner to the CyTRICS program to test critical energy infrastructure components for cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
CESER announced a collaboration with Westinghouse Electric Company to test for potential cyber vulnerabilities in one of the company’s Instrumentation and Controls (I&C) systems used for nuclear applications
GE Gas Power is the fourth equipment manufacturer to provide critical electrical grid components to test under the Department of Energy’s Cyber Testing for Resilient Industrial Control System program
Open source to open door By Christian Vasquez
This contains vulnerabilities reported to GE by the CyTRICS program, including high-impact vulnerability, CVSS 9.8.
Hitachi Energy and the DOE CESER CyTRICS program partnered to perform component enumeration and vulnerability testing of a Relion® 670 Series’ RED670
How the Energy Department Can Improve Cybersecurity in the Energy Industry By Tasha Jhangiani and Madison Lockett
Workshop Presents New Approaches to Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Supply Chains
DOE Announces Hitachi ABB Power Grid’s Participation in CyTRICS Program
Biden Rushes to Protect Power Grid as Hacking Threats Grow By Shaun Courtney and Michael Riley
Schweitzer Joins U.S. Testing Program to Defend Grid from Hacking Threats By Sean Lyngaas
DOE Announces Cybersecurity Programs for Enhancing Safety and Resilience of U.S. Energy Sector
Shining Some Light on Solarwinds and ICS By Tim Conway
We Need to Regulate These Guys – SolarWinds Edition
CyTRICS provided insights for Energy Sector use of Software Bills of Materials for supply chains
Ensuring Electric Grid Supply Chain Security By Steven T. Naumann, Former V.P., Transmission and NERC Policy, Exelon
Cyber Security is National Security Highlights from DOE Press Release
DOE CESER Partners with Schneider Electric to Strengthen Energy Sector Cybersecurity and Supply Chain Resilience
Power Sector, Federal Entities Scramble to Close Supply Chain Security Gap By Pedro Pizarro, Edison Electric Institute
Securing Critical Supply Chains: Strategic Opportunities for the CPIC Initiative By Paul Stockton