What’s News, Breaking: Friday, December 23, 2022
NEW LAW BOLSTERS CYBERSECURITY PROTECTIONS
STATEWIDE – New legislation that Governor Kathy Hochul signed on Friday, December 23 creates the strongest-in-the-nation cybersecurity protections for the state’s energy grid, an action, taken during a global surge in cyberattacks against critical infrastructure. Legislation A.3904B/S.5579A, which passed unanimously in both the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate, strengthens protections for the local distribution system, requires utilities to secure critical infrastructure against cyberattacks and to prepare for such in their annual emergency response plans — similar to what utilities do to prepare for storms.
Over the past decade, including recently in North Carolina, cyberattacks have proven capable of shutting down electric grids.
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