If elected again, the former president might draw both on returning officials and yet-untapped pockets of talent.

The funding goes to 16 projects aimed at developing advanced tools to protect the energy sector.

The DOE-funded initiative provides voluntary guidance to electric distribution systems and distributed energy resources companies.

Rasha Abdul Rahim, Director, Amnesty Tech at Amnesty International

The hacking group SiegedSed released personal data on thousands of employees at the Idaho National Laboratory, the nuclear research lab.

Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response hosting a competition scenario “focused on hardening and defending a distributed energy resources management company,” DOE official says.

Several federal agencies are playing catch-up on meeting recommendations from NIST detailed in a 2018 framework for how government should incorporate privacy into their risk management strategies.

A Department of Energy contest aims to help under-resourced rural utilities beef up their cybersecurity defenses.

In congressional testimony, experts warned about the potential cyberthreats from tech needed for the grid transformation.

Government leaders should align across agencies with a consistent approach that empowers critical infrastructure owners and operators.