Biden backs cybersecurity requirements for recipients of infrastructure funds

The Biden administration is looking to require companies to upgrade cybersecurity measures as part of its $2.3 trillion infrastructure spending plan in the wake of the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, the most successful cyberattack ever on energy infrastructure in the United States.

Previously, President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan did not mention cybersecurity as a priority among its provisions for spending on clean energy, power grid improvements, and electric vehicle charging stations.