Forge Institute Lands DOE Funding for $2M Utility Cybersecurity Program
Forge Institute’s $2 million DOE-funded program, run with Idaho National Laboratory, offers cybersecurity help to Arkansas utilities. The Forge Institute of Little Rock has received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a $2 million program to strengthen cybersecurity for Arkansas’ rural and municipal electric utilities. The program will provide free cybersecurity training, technical assistance and threat intelligence to specific Arkansas electric utilities over two years. The Idaho National Laboratory, which leads the nation in industrial control systems and operational technology (OT) cybersecurity, will commit over 2,000 hours of analyst time directly to Arkansas‘ utilities through SEDP. The cost of the program will not be paid for by utility participants.
Publicados : 9 horas atrás por Arkansas Business Staff no Business Tech
The Forge Institute of Little Rock has been awarded U.S. Department of Energy funding to launch the Secure Energy Defenders Program (SEDP), a $2 million program to strengthen cybersecurity for Arkansa... [777 symbols]
Tópicos: Security, Security Breach, Cyber Crime
