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Critical Infrastructure Risk Management: Securing the Oil and Gas Supply Chain
Reports · Dec 13, 2021
Supply-chain disruptions caused by critical infrastructure failures, targeted attacks, or pandemic disease have sparked broad congressional interest in assuring availability of essential supplies at...
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Foreign Ownership, Control, and Influence (FOCI) Risks in the Food and Agriculture Sector
Reports · Jun 13, 2024
In recent years, congressional concerns over potential risks to domestic food security posed by foreign ownership, control, and influence (FOCI) of critical infrastructure in the U.S. food and...
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Key Bridge Collapse: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Considerations
Posts · Apr 5, 2024
On March 26, 2024, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed due to a cargo ship colliding with a bridge support tower. The collapse caused loss of life and disrupted numerous critical...
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CIRCIA: Notice of Proposed Rule Making: In Brief
Reports · Apr 11, 2024
The federal government is planning to require certain businesses to report when they are victims of cyberattacks. In March 2024, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released...
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Cyber Operations in DOD Policy and Plans: Issues for Congress
Reports · Jan 5, 2015
Cyberspace is defined by the Department of Defense as a global domain consisting of the interdependent networks of information technology infrastructures and resident data, including the Internet,...
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Pipeline Cybersecurity: Federal Programs
Reports · Sep 9, 2021
The vast U.S. network of natural gas, crude oil, and refined product pipelines is integral to U.S. energy supply and also has vital links to other critical infrastructure such as power plants and...
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Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience: Countering Russian and Other Nation-State Cyber Threats
Resources · Mar 16, 2022
The United States and its allies have levied economic sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. Many observers fear Russian state or state-sponsored cyberattacks against U.S....
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The Designation of Election Systems as Critical Infrastructure
Resources · Sep 18, 2019
Prior to the 2016 federal election, a series of cyberattacks occurred on information systems of state and local election jurisdictions. Subsequently, in January 2017 the Department of Homeland...
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COVID-19: Response of the Oil and Gas Pipelines Sector
Resources · Mar 27, 2020
The spread of the novel coronavirus and the measures put in place to control it are impacting U.S. oil and natural gas pipelines—a critical infrastructure sector. Pipelines are essential not only in...
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Extreme Weather and Lifeline Infrastructure Resilience: Provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)
Resources · Feb 4, 2022
On December 10, 2021, deadly tornadoes struck Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, and Illinois, killing nearly 90 people and causing widespread damage to lifeline infrastructure in the...
Hearing “The AI Security Landscape: How Frontier Models, Agentic AI, and AI Coding Tools Are Reshaping Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Resilience”
house Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee · Jun 4, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing “Fully Operational: Stuxnet 15 Years Later and the Evolution of Cyber Threats to Critical Infrastructure.”
house Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.233, to amend the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 to modify the authority of the...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Jun 25, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness Mr. Frank Cilluffo
McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security · 2 hearings
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The Election Infrastructure Subsector: Development and Challenges
Resources · Mar 5, 2020
In January 2017, in accordance with Presidential Policy Directive 21 (PPD-21), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) designated the systems and assets used in elections as the Election...
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Physical Security of the U.S. Power Grid: High-Voltage Transformer Substations
Reports · Jul 2, 2015
The U.S. electric power grid consists of over 200,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines and hundreds of large transformer substations. High voltage (HV) transformer units make up less than 3%...
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Space Weather: An Overview of Policy and Select U.S. Government Roles and Responsibilities
Reports · Mar 29, 2022
Space weather refers to conditions on the sun, in the solar wind, and within the extreme reaches of Earth’s upper atmosphere. In certain circumstances, space weather may pose hazards to space-borne...
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Ensuring Electricity Infrastructure Resilience Against Deliberate Electromagnetic Threats
Reports · Dec 14, 2022
Detonation of a nuclear weapon in the Earth’s upper atmosphere or near-Earth space may generate a series of electromagnetic pulses—known as high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP)—that damage...
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Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Legislation in the 113th Congress
Reports · Jan 22, 2015
Defendants convicted of violating certain federal criminal laws face the prospect of mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment. Bills offered during the 113th Congress would have supplemented,...
Hearing “Defense through Offense: Examining U.S. Cyber Capabilities to Deter and Disrupt Malign Foreign Activity Targeting the Homeland”
house Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee · Jan 13, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness: Mr. Frank Cilluffo, McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security
Hearing 25 Years After 9/11: Confronting the Next Generation of Threats
house Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Request transcript
Witness: Mr. Frank Cilluffo, McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security
Hearing H.R. 4690 – Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act; H.R. 5587 – Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources Act of 2026; H.R. 1897 – ESA Amendments Act of...
house Rules Committee · Apr 20, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.140, to address the forest health crisis on the National Forest System and public lands, S.332, to require a study...
senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee · Jun 10, 2026 · Request transcript