The Energy Sector Operational Support for Cyber Resilience Program is designed to support a program to build energy sector operational support for cyber resilience.
Overview
Office:Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response |
New Program:Yes |
Funding amount:$50,000,000 |
Funding Mechanism:National Laboratory Funding |
Recipients:Small Electric Utilities, National Labs |
Period of Availability:Available until expended |
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- Enhance and periodically test:
- The emergency response capabilities of the Department; and
- The coordination of the Department with other agencies, the National Laboratories, and private industry
- Expand cooperation of the Department with the intelligence community for energy sector-related threat collection and analysis;
- Enhance the tools of the Department and Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center for monitoring the status of the energy sector;
- Expand industry participation in Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center; and
- Provide technical assistance to small electric utilities for purposes of assessing and improving cyber maturity levels and addressing gaps identified in the assessment.
- Enhance and periodically test:
Estimated funding application opening in Q1 of 2023.
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