Biden Rushes to Protect the Power Grid as Hacking Threats Grow By Shaun Courtney and Michael Riley | April 14, 2021
A White House plan to rapidly shore up the security of the U.S. power grid will begin with a 100-day sprint, but take years more to transform utilities’ ability to fight off hackers, according to details of a draft version of the plan confirmed by two people.
The plan is the policy equivalent of a high-wire act: it provides incentives for electric companies to dramatically change the way they protect themselves against cyber-attacks while trying to avoid political tripwires that have stalled previous efforts, the details suggest.
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at 9:30 a.m.: The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host an online event on the future of the U.S.-China relationship. CSIS expert Jude Blanchette will join Ryan Hass, senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings, to discuss his new book, “Stronger: Adapting America’s China Strategy in an Age of Competitive Interdependence.” You can submit questions here.
Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at 2:00 p.m.: The Brookings Institution will host a webcast entitled “Filibuster 101: An explainer of the Senate rule and reform.” Governance Studies Senior Fellows Molly Reynolds and Sarah Binder will discuss all things filibuster, including a primer on the rule itself as well as paths for filibuster reform and the potential effects that proposed changes may have on policymaking in Congress. You can register here.
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More than two months after taking office, President Joe Biden has yet to nominate a national cybersecurity director, even as the federal government deals with the massive SolarWinds breach announced late last year.
Several lawmakers and cybersecurity experts are pushing the Biden administration to name a cybersecurity director to be in charge of federal cybersecurity policy and strategy. The new job, created in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act passed on Jan. 1, would take on some of the White House cybersecurity coordinator s responsibilities, a position eliminated in 2018 during former President Donald Trump s administration.
The nomination, however, is complicated because Congress hasn t yet provided funding for the 75-person office that the director would lead. Also, the Biden administration is working to ensure that the director has authority to lead an interagency response to cybersecurity issues that wo