Christian Vasquez

Christian covers industrial cybersecurity for CyberScoop News. He previously wrote for E&E News at POLITICO covering cybersecurity in the energy sector. Reach out: christian.vasquez at cyberscoop dot com

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Electric pylons are pictured near on February 2, 2007 near Kincardine, Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Researchers want more detail on industrial control system alerts

Research

An aerial view of Idaho National Laboratory. — An aerial view of Idaho National Laboratory. (Photo by Sam Beebe via Flickr)

Detailed data on employees of U.S. national security lab leak online

Threats

Drenan Dudley. (White House handout photo)

Drenan Dudley appointed new acting national cyber director

Cybersecurity

Jonathan Murphy, the National Security Council’s director of critical infrastructure cybersecurity, speaks during CyberTalks on Nov. 16, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Scoop News Group photo)

Critical infrastructure policy rewrite expected to ‘emphasize’ CISA, NSC official says

Cybersecurity

Harry Coker, the White House’s nominee for national cyber director, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Nov. 2, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Senate panel advances Coker’s nomination to head ONCD

Policy

PARASKOVIIVKA, UKRAINE – DECEMBER 17: An electric substation of salt mine on December 17, 2022 in Paraskoviivka, Ukraine. Now local residents remain in the village and the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There is no electricity, the village is under constant shelling. Communication works only on the pedestrian bridge via the railway. The salt mines of the state enterprise “Artemsil” stopped working due to hostilities at the end of May. (Photo by Vitalii Pavlenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Russian hackers disrupted Ukrainian electrical grid last year

Threats

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm holds a news conference at the DOE headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 13, 2022. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

DOE hosting simulated cyberattack for students

Cybersecurity

Harry Coker testifies during his confirmation hearing to become the national cyber director before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Nov. 2, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Coker tells Senate committee that he’d follow ONCD’s current path if confirmed to top cyber position

Government

The headquarters of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen in Washington, DC, January 28, 2021. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

SEC sues SolarWinds and CISO for fraud

Policy