NIST releases draft cyber framework ‘profile’ for liquefied natural gas amid potential threats

A draft guidance on cybersecurity for the liquefied natural gas ecosystem from the National Institute of Standards and Technology aims to help industry secure a key piece of the energy supply chain, and comes amid warnings of potential threats from Russia to U.S. and allies’ LNG facilities.

Dmitri Alperovitch of Silverado Policy Accelerator on Wednesday said the current cyber threat environment for critical infrastructure is “the most dangerous in history” and that LNG storage facilities may be a choice...