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.

The U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm authorized the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to conduct an exchange with ExxonMobil Baton Rouge to alleviate any logistical issues of moving crude oil within areas affected by Hurricane Ida.

In April 2021, the Biden Administration launched an Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Initiative to strengthen the cybersecurity of the critical infrastructure across the United States.

Four Projects Will Develop and Deploy Technologies to Address the Growing and Severe Threat of Wildfires to the Electric Grid

U.S. energy companies have been using the Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model (C2M2) to evaluate their cybersecurity capabilities and optimize their security investments for nearly a decade.

Cyber threats to our nation’s energy systems are rising. For the Department of Energy (DOE), the resiliency and security of America’s energy infrastructure is a top priority.
DOE Awards $4 Million for Projects to Elevate Grid Security

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released Version 2.0 (V2.0) of the Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model (C2M2)
Part of the expanded CyberForce Program to help develop tomorrow’s energy cyber workforce

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CyberForce is building a pipeline of candidates to enter the cyber workforce.