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EIS Council hosts national and international collaboration on resilience and whole community restoration and response planning, addressing severe, national and global scale hazards to lifeline infrastructures.

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EIS Council Updates

EPRO Electric Subsector Executive Session - Israel Resilience Lessons-Learned for Cyber, EMP and other Black Sky hazards in a Complex Strategic Setting 01/16/2018
EPRO Handbook III Summary Released EPRO Handbook II Executive is now available
GAO Releases New Report GAO has released a new report on Critical Infrastructure Protection.
EIS, DTRA, and SARA Whitepaper Released EIS Council and SARA release white paper: Electromagnetic Black Sky Responses of Power and Control Equipment
EarthEx 2018
August 22, 2018

The second annual Emergency All-sector Response Transnational Hazard Exercise

World News

03/30/2018 | Wall Street Journal | U.S. officials warned Thursday that an ongoing Russian cyber attack has comprised smaller businesses that serve critical infrastructure, including the electric grid and nuclear power plants.
03/29/2018 | ZD Net | Under the new legislation, the minister will have a 'last resort' power to direct electricity, gas, ports, and water entities to 'do or not do a certain thing' to mitigate national security risks.
02/28/2018 | GreenTech Media | The Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response will support the “expanded national security responsibilities” assigned to the DOE.
02/15/2018 | DOE Forms New Office | The Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response will support the “expanded national security responsibilities” assigned to the DOE.
02/15/2018 | Asia Times | North Korea’s decision to stage a massive display of military might the day prior to the opening of the 2018 Winter Olympics was shocking but unsurprising.
01/16/2018 | Wall Street Journal | As coal and nuclear power plants around the U.S. close due to competitive pressures, the number of people employed in making electricity is shrinking.
12/02/2017 | WTHR | 2017 Hurricane Season Finally Ends. How bad was it? Will the future bring worse?
11/27/2017 | Philadelphia Inquirer | Hurricane Maria's closure of Baxter International disrupts supply chain for life critical medical supplies.
09/03/2017 | CNN | North Korea claims they have developed a Hydrogen bomb which could be used "at high altitudes for a super-powerful EMP (electromagnetic pulse) attack."
08/23/2017 | DOE | On August 23, 2017 the US Department of Energy released a report urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Agency (FERC) to take quick action to address threats to the electric grid and resiliency.
05/23/2017 | E&E News | Experts say the interdependence between the electric and gas sectors could open doors for hackers.
| HS Today | More than two-thirds of Asia-Pacific cybersecurity leaders believe there will be a major successful attack on multiple countries’ critical infrastructure in the next two years, according to a survey from Black Hat Asia.

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EIS Summit IX

June 25-26, 2018 | Westminster Palace