Cybersecurity
Biden Team Boosts Effort to Shield Power Grid From Hackers
- Moves to include plan for better coordination with industry
- Effort seeks to harden cyber defenses and map U.S. responses
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The Biden administration is escalating efforts to safeguard the U.S. power grid from hackers, developing a plan to better coordinate with industry to counter threats and respond to cyber attacks, according to people familiar with the matter.
Top administration officials, including Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Deputy National Security Adviser Anne Neuberger, briefed top utility industry executives on the efforts in a March 16 meeting, said the people, who requested anonymity because the session was private.