DOE Releases Plan to Improve Cybersecurity in Renewable Energy, Manufacturing, Buildings, and Transportation Research and Development
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently released the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Cybersecurity Multiyear Program Plan (MYPP) to guide cybersecurity research and development (R&D) for EERE technologies. In alignment with the U.S. Department of Energy Cybersecurity Strategy and DOE's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) efforts, EERE will accelerate cybersecurity R&D to strengthen EERE technologies and systems that are critical to renewable energy, manufacturing, buildings, and transportation — all of which are increasingly interconnected and vulnerable to cyber-attack.
“Through this multiyear program plan, EERE is pursuing a holistic and unified strategy to advance cybersecurity R&D and preparedness across the renewable power, energy efficiency, and transportation sectors,” said Daniel R Simmons, assistant secretary of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. “Coupled with robust engagement and partnership with industry, academic, and government stakeholders, the R&D activities in this plan will strengthen the cybersecurity of emerging technologies throughout the EERE portfolio.”