Protect Our Power urges lawmakers to approve Solarium provisions for improving critical infrastructure communications

Cyberspace Solarium Commission recommendations that encourage critical infrastructure operators to work together to secure the electric grid should be included in final version of the fiscal 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, according to industry group Protect Our Power’s general counsel.

Protect Our Power supports two amendments added to the House version of the NDAA, which passed last week, that would establish a joint cyber planning office within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the creation of a biannual...