The Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) news section features current news, accomplishments, research initiatives, funding opportunities and more from around the energy sector.

120 teams from 105 universities competed to test their cyber defense skills and protect a hydropower company from simulated cyber challenges.

On November 13, college and university students from across the United States will attempt to thwart a simulated cyberattack in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) CyberForce Competition®.

DOE’s cooperative agreements will advance efforts to safeguard U.S. critical energy infrastructure from evolving and growing cyber threats.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) today announced the launch of the Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator, a technology partnership of federal experts, industry partners in the energy sector, and innovators.
Our national security depends on our ability to secure critical energy infrastructure from cyber threats and attacks.
Five projects support an initiative to accelerate cybersecurity manufacturing and American energy innovation.

U.S. critical energy infrastructure faces more cyber-attacks with greater levels of sophistication. DOE’s CyberForce Program hosts competitions such as the Conquer the Hill Reign Edition to help develop a pipeline of skilled cyber defenders.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management announced that contracts have been awarded from the recent Congressionally-mandated Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) crude oil sale.

Today, the Department of Energy authorized the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to conduct a second exchange with ExxonMobil Baton Rouge for an additional 1,500,000 barrels of crude oil.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is now accepting applications for the next class of its Operational Technology (OT) Defender Fellowship aimed at expanding the cybersecurity knowledge and capabilities of U.S. energy sector cyber defenders.