The Department of Homeland Security has issued a cybersecurity directive that requires the operators of oil and gas pipelines to report ransomware attacks and other
Colonial Pipeline Attack: We re Simply Unprepared
Compliance
SecurityEditor) • May 13, 2021
Bernie Cowens, EVP, CSO, Utility Technology Solutions As former CISO of Pacific Gas & Electric, Bernie Cowens knows plenty about cyber securing the nation s critical infrastructure. He shares his informed opinion on the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and what public and private sector entities must do to shore up key defenses.
The significance of this latest hit to critical infrastructure;
How security leaders can help mitigate the biggest risks;
What needs to be done to ward off such attacks.
Cowens, EVP and CSO at Utility Technology Solutions, a startup organization, was formerly vice president and CISO at Pacific Gas and Electric Co., where he was responsible for leading companywide efforts to identify and manage cybersecurity risk to protect critical infrastructure and information assets. Ea