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Physical attacks against network infrastructure; and
Any other cybersecurity incident that disrupts systems or facilities, or otherwise has the potential to cause operational disruption that adversely affects the safe and efficient transportation of liquids and gases including, but not limited to impacts to a large number of customers, critical infrastructure or core government functions, or impacts national security, economic security or public health and safety or have the potential to disrupt system or facility operations; and
Designate a
Cybersecurity Coordinator, including a primary coordinator and at least one alternate, and provide their names, titles, phone numbers, and email addresses to TSA within seven days of the Security Directive s effective date, commencement of new operations, or certain other changes.
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Colonial Pipeline shut down 5,500 miles of its East Coast pipeline on May 7, 2021, in an effort to contain a security breach resulting from a ransomware attack. Colonial’s pipeline is one of the nation’s largest and carries refined gasoline and jet fuel from Texas up the East Coast to New York. This represents nearly 45% of the fuel consumed on the East Coast. Ransomware attacks have increased in recent years, affecting many industries from banks, universities, and cities. Generally, a ransomware attack is a coordinated effort by computer hackers to lock up and freeze computer systems in order to demand large sums of money to then free up the computer systems. The recent cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline has resulted in gas shortages and panic buying across the southeastern United States, and highlights concerns over the security of critical infrastructure.
FEMA Seeks Public Comment on Info Collection: Preparedness Grants for Transit Security Grant Program
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security s
Federal Emergency Management Agency has proposed a 60-day public comment period on an information collection entitled: Preparedness Grants for Transit Security Grant Program.
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Federal Register by Millicent L Brown, Senior Manager,
Records Management Branch Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, Mission Support,
Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The TSGP is a
FEMA grant program that focuses on transportation infrastructure protection activities. The collection of information for TSGP is mandated by Section 1406, Title XIV of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135), which directs the Secretary to establish a program for making grants to eligible public transportation agencies for security improveme
10 February 2021 17:23 GMT
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced today that the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) comprehensive biometric entry and exit system comment period has reopened for an additional 30 days.
Originally published Nov. 19, 2020, the NPRM provides the public an opportunity to provide the U.S. Government comments about the proposed amendments for non-U.S. citizens traveling to and from the United States. The comment period originally closed on Dec. 21, 2020. Based upon the comments received, CBP decided to re-open the comment period Feb. 10 – March 12, 2021.
“As a testament to CBP’s steadfast commitment to privacy principles and transparency, CBP reopened the comment period to the biometric entry and exit proposed rule for an additional 30 days,” said William A. Ferrara, Executive Assistant Commissioner of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. “We welcome the public’