The U.S. government is expanding a cybersecurity program that includes big banks, utilities and key transportation companies having emails and Web surfing scanned.
There are millions of miles of oil and gas pipelines that are critical to the world economy. A lot depends on the safe and environmentally sound operation of networks of pipelines spanning long distances through remote areas and varied terrain.
Laboratories at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been repeatedly cited in private government audits for failing to properly secure bioterror agents.
After the assault and hostage situation in an Algerian natural gas complex left several workers dead, energy companies are reevaluating their stance on international security requirements.
European businesses that provide critical infrastructure services, including banks, stock exchanges, telecommunications firms and utilities, may soon be required to disclose any data breaches to authorities.
Electric utility substations require continual protection from economic, human and legal liability risk, but these often isolated stations have unique security needs.
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