Dive Summary:

• As part of its “Electricity Subsector Cybersecurity Capabilities Maturity Model,” the DOE made recommendations on how to improve cybersecurity.
• Among these recommendations are: the appointing of a cybersecurity governance board, finding a chief security office who reports to the company’s board of directors, and the sharing of information with other utilities.
• The DOE also promises to act as a clearinghouse for the shared data, which would include information regarding threats, attacks, and possible solutions to these problems.

From the article:

The Department of Energy doesn't think utilities are doing enough about cybersecurity and the vulnerability of the nation's infrastructure. Even though national cybersecurity legislation has been stalled in Congress by partisan wrangling, the agency wants utilities to take actions on their own as reported by NetworkWorld. ...