news relevant to critical infrastructure resilience
The following are examples of threats facing our critical infrastructure as well as recent developments in government policy. Articles are in no particular order.
This latest Executive Order highlights the Federal Government's renewed focus on local-level preparedness to protect critical infrastructure.
Click the title to access content
Resilience is defined as “the ability to prepare for threats and hazards, adapt to changing conditions, and withstand and recover rapidly from adverse conditions and disruptions.”
​
"Achieving greater resilience demands a unified, whole-of-society
approach that includes all levels of government, diverse community leadership, international institutions and partners, the private sector, and individuals."
​
"We need to proactively build community capacity and capabilities to benefit, protect, and provide means for recovery for all Americans, including those who are most vulnerable, while also creating solutions that comprehensively address shocks and stressors today and for future
generations."
Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Weaponized Drones
In November 2024, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) thwarted an attack on the Nashville power grid by a man attempting to use an explosive-laden drone.
Europe's Escalating Drone Challenge and Countermeasures in 2025
On the evening of January 13, 2025, Riga International Airport faced a significant drone incident that disrupted operations for over an hour
CISA Spotlight: Electric Substation Physical Security
On April 16, 2013, a team of skilled gunmen opened fire on a substation in California causing $15m in damages.
​
Physical attacks on substations have resulted in thousands of customer outages.
Chinese Communist Party Land Ownership is a Threat to Arizona’s Critical Infrastructure
CCP acquisition of U.S. land is accelerating. Strategic land near military bases enables surveillance and sabotage, and land near critical infrastructure opens up vulnerable sites like our power, natural gas, petroleum, and water treatment facilities to physical assault.
Cyberattacks from Nation-States on US Critical Infrastructure
Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, have the capability, intent, and history of attacking our critical infrastructure, to include gas pipelines, telecoms, and supply chains.
“It’s no secret foreign adversaries – like communist China – seek to undermine our people and nation through the use of sophisticated and dangerous cyberattacks,” said Rep. Bob Latta R-Ohio.
Emergency services a likely target for cyberattacks, warns DHS
Ransomware attacks have “disrupted the networks of police department and 911 call center operations.”
Calling 911 is meant to save lives. But the emergency service, and others like it, are also viewed as ripe targets for criminally minded cyber-attackers
Attorney General Bondi Statement on Violent Attacks Against Tesla Property
Recent physical attacks against Tesla over politics highlight potential capabilities of domestic terrorists. Threat-actors have used gunfire, Molotov cocktails, graffiti/vandalism against Tesla and non-Tesla owned property
All (Espionage) is Local
CCP Influence in American State Politics and The Focus on State and Local Government.
'Drone Swarm' Invaded Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant, More than Once
A number of small drones flew around a restricted area at Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant on two successive nights.
