DOE, CISA and industry officials tout successful partnerships following national electric grid exercise

Federal officials and Electric Subsector Coordinating Council leaders highlighted efforts to strengthen relationships over the past two years amid pandemic-related challenges and an increase in cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, following the completion of a successful nationwide exercise to test the resilience of the electric grid.

GridEx VI convened over 900 participants representing the electric, natural gas, telecommunications and financial services industries, the ESCC, DHS and the Department of Energy to be part of the “distributed play” exercise led by...