{"id":241271,"date":"2026-05-05T17:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/cisa-wants-critical-infrastructure-to-operate-weeks-to-months-in-isolation-during-conflict\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T17:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T21:55:10","slug":"cisa-wants-critical-infrastructure-to-operate-weeks-to-months-in-isolation-during-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/cisa-wants-critical-infrastructure-to-operate-weeks-to-months-in-isolation-during-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"CISA wants critical infrastructure to operate \u2018weeks to months\u2019 in isolation during conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"

CISA wants critical infrastructure to operate \u2018weeks to months\u2019 in isolation during conflict<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cisa-ci-fortify-critical-infrastructure-isolation-recovery-guidance-during-conflict\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-05 17:48:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is urging critical infrastructure owners and operators to plan for delivering essential services under emergency conditions \u2013 potentially for months at a time.<\/p>\n

The federal government\u2019s top cybersecurity agency warned that state-sponsored hackers, particularly two Chinese groups known as Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon, continue to threaten critical sectors like electricity, water, and internet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The agency is now working with the private sector to protect operational technology \u2013 the systems that control the heavy machinery and equipment that powers most critical infrastructure \u2013 from attacks that enter through business IT systems or third-party vendor products.<\/p>\n

The initiative\u00a0 \u2014 known as CI Fortify \u2013 will include CISA conducting targeted technical assessments of critical infrastructure entities and aims to create plans that \u201callow for safe operations for weeks to months while isolated\u201d from IT networks and third-party tools, according to the agency\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

Nick Andersen, CISA\u2019s acting director, told reporters that the goal is \u201cservice delivery [that] can still reach critical infrastructure after the asset owner has disconnected with IT and OT, disconnected from third party vendors and service provider connections and disconnected from third party telecommunications equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the past two years, wars in Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and elsewhere have seen water plants, power substations, data centers and other critical infrastructure targeted by kinetic or cyberattacks.<\/p>\n

Andersen said the agency has already begun engaging with some companies to pilot the assessments and expects that work to ramp up considerably as CISA hires additional staff in the coming months.<\/p>\n

He declined to name the entities involved in the pilot program, but said they will focus on organizations that support national security, defense, public health and safety and economic continuity….<\/p>\n

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