Data Security and Electric Grids

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) say the Energy and Water Development funding bill shortchanges our electric grid from being properly protected from a cyber attack.

They call for funding the following data security protections:

• virtual forensics platform,” intended to detect malicious actors sitting on the network
• Replace the $11M removed from the Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems

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