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July 2, 2019 02:03 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/kDBrWLsTA1E/senate-passes-cybersecurity-bill-to-decrease-grid-digitization-move-toward-manual-control
Senate Passes Cybersecurity Bill To Decrease Grid Digitization, Move Toward Manual Control
On June 27, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan cybersecurity bill that will study ways to replace automated systems with low-tech redundancies to protect the country's electric grid from hackers. Called The Securing Energy Infrastructure Act (SEIA), the bill establishes a two-year pilot program identifying new security vulnerabilities and researching and testing solutions, including "analog and nondigital control systems." The U.S Department of Energy would be required to report back to Congress on its findings. Utility Drive reports: The increase in distributed energy resources can serve load more efficiently, but also offers potential attackers more potential entry points. "Our connectivity is a strength that, if left unprotected, can be exploited as a weakness," Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, who sponsored the bill with Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, said in a statement. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho cosponsored the bill. The House measure is being introduced by Reps. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., and John Carter, R-Texas.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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