DOE Seeks Participation in Cloud Services Cybersecurity Working Group
September 11, 2023
by Paul Ciampoli
APPA News Director
September 11, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response is seeking participation in a Cloud Services Cybersecurity working group to provide cloud cybersecurity guidance for the energy sector.
CESER is hoping this will be a collaborative process between energy sector asset owners and representatives from the major cloud service providers to identify cybersecurity needs and requirements for a cloud environment in the energy sector.
CESER is seeking participation from energy companies that:
- Have energy systems that are transitioning to or considering cloud-based environments;
- Have distributed or cloud-based security solutions and managed security services that may depend on the cloud; or
- Would find value in learning from others and sharing the industry-level insights that can help both utilities and cloud service providers make better cloud services agreements.
CESER expects this to be an approximately nine-month effort that will officially begin in late September.
Interested APPA members are encouraged to reach out to Adrian McNamara (amcnamara@publicpower.org) by September 18.