The ransomware attack that targeted Colonial Pipeline Co. earlier this month, which continued to cause gas shortages in several states Monday, has prompted lawmakers in both parties to introduce measures designed to address cybersecurity shortcomings in the nation's critical infrastructure - especially gas and oil pipelines.
For example, the bipartisan Pipeline Security Act in the House would codify into law the roles the Transportation Security Administration and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency play in securing gas and oil pipelines.
Another bipartisan proposal in the House, the CISA Cyber Exercise Act, would require CISA to create a "national cyber exercise program" in which the government and companies would test their IT infrastructures against cyberthreats, including ransomware.