The Biden administration has begun briefing pipeline operators about new cybersecurity mandates it will impose in response to the ransomware attack that temporarily shut the nation’sbiggest fuel pipeline, according to a person familiar with the matter.The Department of Homeland Security division in charge of pipeline security briefed stakeholders in a call on Wednesday about plans to enact regulations that the industry has longopposed, according to a person familiar with the call who asked not to be identified discussing the confidential session.The measures are expected to begin rolling out as soon as Thursday with a security directive similar to those typically used for the airline industry. The directive will require pipelineoperators to report cybersecurity incidents to Homeland Security, as well as designate an official who would be made available around the clock as the point of contact for that agency,according to the person.
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