{"id":3652,"date":"2024-05-20T14:51:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T19:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/ics-ot-security\/nreca-receives-4m-in-doe-funding-to-boost-electric-co-op-cybersecurity-preparedness"},"modified":"2024-05-20T14:51:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T19:51:11","slug":"nreca-receives-4m-in-doe-funding-to-boost-electric-co-op-cybersecurity-preparedness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/index.php\/2024\/05\/20\/nreca-receives-4m-in-doe-funding-to-boost-electric-co-op-cybersecurity-preparedness\/","title":{"rendered":"NRECA Receives $4M in DOE Funding to Boost Electric Co-op Cybersecurity Preparedness"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PRESS RELEASE<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

ARLINGTON, Va.<\/span><\/span> \u2013 The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association has been awarded $4 million from the Department of Energy to launch Project Guardian, an initiative to advance the cybersecurity posture of electric co-ops by giving them new tools to detect, respond to and recover from cyber threats and attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n

The funding, authorized under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and part of the Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity (RMUC) Program, will be provided over a four-year period by DOE\u2019s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs cyber threats evolve, so must electric co-op efforts to protect against them,\u201d NRECA CEO Jim Matheson said. \u201cProject Guardian will accelerate ongoing electric cooperative cybersecurity collaboration and, in partnership with DOE, help protect the electric grid from increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity threats and attacks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

NRECA and a working group of electric cooperatives will leverage the funding to concentrate efforts on four areas:<\/span><\/p>\n

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