{"id":224766,"date":"2026-03-17T18:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/energys-cyber-unit-eyes-new-strategic-plan\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T18:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:45:11","slug":"energys-cyber-unit-eyes-new-strategic-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/energys-cyber-unit-eyes-new-strategic-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy\u2019s cyber unit eyes new strategic plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Energy\u2019s cyber unit eyes new strategic plan<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/federalnewsnetwork.com\/cybersecurity\/2026\/03\/energys-cyber-unit-eyes-new-strategic-plan\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-03-17 18:23:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: federalnewsnetwork.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The Energy Department\u2019s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response plans to lay out its first strategic plan, following on the heels of the Trump administration\u2019s new national cybersecurity strategy.<\/p>\n

Alex Fitzsimmons, director of the CESER office, said the new strategic plan will be out soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cCESER has been around for six years, [since the] first Trump administration,\u201d Fitzsimmons said during a Tuesday event in Washington hosted by Auburn University\u2019s McCrary Institute. \u201cHas never had a strategic plan clearly written down, explaining what the mission is, what the goals, objectives, key performance indicators are that we\u2019re all striving to achieve. Definitely helps that we have a new national cyber strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CESER office is responsible for overseeing what\u2019s considered one of the most important U.S. critical infrastructure sectors in energy. The Trump administration\u2019s national cyber strategy, released earlier this month, includes a focus on securing critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n

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Fitzsimmons noted 80% of the energy sector is owned or operated by the private sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of those organizations are well resourced, but a lot of them are not,\u201d he said. \u201cThey might have one person working on [operational technology] or IT, not even a dedicated cyber person, but they\u2019re expected to defend their networks against nation state threat actors.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said CESER\u2019s \u201cfundamental\u201d mission is getting critical security information to those in the energy sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to be able to get timely and actionable information out to them so that they can secure their networks,\u201d Fitzsimmons said.<\/p>\n

OT security has also been a major focus for CESER. Fitzsimmons pointed to OT security training and exercise programs run through the office as key to securing the energy sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cHardening is as much about people and process as it is technology,\u201d he said….<\/p>\n

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