CYBERSECURITY
DOE plots next steps after Trump grid order
The Department of Energy is seeking comments on President Trump's recent executive order aimed at preventing cyber "sabotage" of power grid equipment, according to a notice yesterday.
Christian Vasquez
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Christian covers cybersecurity for Energywire. He previously worked at POLITICO as a digital producer and before that as a cybersecurity intern during the 2018 midterm elections. Christian graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2018, where he majored in multimedia journalism.
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