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Update from Washington — June 15, 2021

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Cyber-Security On the heels of two major private sector ransomware attacks, official Washington is looking to act.  Last month, a cyber-attack on Colonial Pipeline shut down major gasoline distribution in the eastern United States, causing major supply disruptions and gas shortages.  Reports are that Colonial paid $4.4 million in ransom to resolve the hack.  A … Read more

What We Urge You To Do To Protect Against The Threat of Ransomware – June 3, 2021

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Critical Infrastructure Colleagues and Partners, Please find attached and distribute to your members and partners a memo from Anne Neuberger, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, titled “What We Urge You To Do To Protect Against The Threat of Ransomware.” Partners can find more information on … Read more

CISA MS-ISAC Ransomware Guide –

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Food and Agriculture Sector Members, Given the events of the past weekend, the SCC and GCC leadership felt that it would be timely to resend this information out to our sector partners.  Over the next few days, we will continue to forward additional resources as they are available. On September 30, 2020, the Cybersecurity and … Read more

FBI Update on Exploitation of Fortinet FortiOS Vulnerabilities – June 1, 2021

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Critical Infrastructure Colleagues and Partners, The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released an FBI FLASH, APT Actors Exploiting Fortinet Vulnerabilities to Gain Access for Malicious Activity, which describes advanced persistent threat (APT) actors exploiting known Fortinet FortiOS vulnerabilities. APT actors may exploit these vulnerabilities to gain initial access to multiple government, commercial, and technology … Read more

Washington Update – May 2021

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Despite Slow Pace, Infrastructure Still A High Priority in Washington The Biden Administration continues its outreach to Republican lawmakers in the hopes of brokering a bipartisan agreement on a massive infrastructure bill.  Biden’s $2.3 trillion proposal — which he outlined in a speech to a joint session of Congress on April 29th — has been panned by GOP lawmakers, who argue it includes a huge array … Read more