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Join the EBA's Gas, Oils, & Liquids Steering Committee and the Texas Chapter as they bring together government and private sector experts to discuss relevant cybersecurity matters to the natural gas and oil pipeline industry.

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (ET): Panel I

Representatives from CISA (Mark Bristow), TSA (Sonya Proctor), and FERC (Barry Kuehnle) will provide their insight on cybersecurity developments.

• Barry Kuehnle will provide a quick background on the mandatory Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards, which are a byproduct of the August 14, 2003, Northeast Blackout.  The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) develops and enforces the CIP Reliability Standards, which are written by industry and then approved, modify, or remanded by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.  He will discuss the journey of the CIP Reliability Standards as they adapt to changing technologies and threat environment.  Barry will identify some of the lessons learned from the many revisions of the CIP Reliability Standards.  Lastly, Barry will highlight today’s challenges with implementing and maintaining the CIP Reliability Standards with the challenges of threats, technology, and staffing. 
• Mark Bristow with CISA will provide his insight into threats that are currently facing the natural gas and oil pipeline industry.
• Sonya Proctor: In the wake of the pipeline ransomware incident, TSA used its statutory authority to strengthen the cybersecurity and resilience of critical pipeline operators through issuance of two Security Directives (SDs). Each SD requires specific actions be taken by TSA-designated pipeline operators.Through regulatory and non-regulatory activities, TSA continues to leverage stakeholder partnerships by conducting inspections, assessments, and initiatives to increase the security posture of surface transportation assets in order to meet the ever-evolving threats to transportation.

panelist	panelist	panelist
Mark Bristow   Branch Chief for Cyber Defense Coordination Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency	Barry Kuehnle Senior Energy Infrastructure and Cyber Security Advisor Office of Electric  Reliability	Sonya T. Proctor Assistant Administrator  Transportation Security Administration Surface Operations

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3:35 PM - 4:35 PM (ET): Panel II

Over the last several years cybersecurity has moved to the forefront of concerns for entities within the oil and gas sector. Although the approaches to managing cyber risk have not been ubiquitous, recent compliance mandates from TSA now creates common requirements to which pipeline owners and operators must comply. For many organizations this is a complex and daunting task while for others the difficulty lies in how they map their current cybersecurity programs into TSA requirements.

Recognizing that other critical infrastructure sectors have already implemented (and matured) cybersecurity compliance directives, there are many lessons learned that may be valuable to the community of pipeline stakeholders.

This informative session, presented as a roundtable discussion between subject matter experts, will introduce some of the expected complexity associated with compliance activities and draw experience from other sectors to provide insight into how these hurdles may be overcome.

The session will touch on key themes that participants will find useful including:

i. How the panel expects the directives to mature over time 

ii. How lessons learned from other sectors can help provide insight into how current best practices (as being done by much of the pipeline community) may ultimately prove valuable with regards to TSA compliance

panelist	panelist	panelist	panelist
Seth DuCharme   Partner   BRACEWELL, GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTIGATIONS GROUP	Mark Fabro, CISSP, CISM President and Chief Security Scientist LOFTY PERCH, INC.	Donald Good Managing Director   FTI CONSULTING	Valerie Green   Partner   PIERCE ATWOOD, LLP

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You must pre-register for on-site attendance. No registration fee refunds will be granted for cancellations received after January 18, 2022. In order to receive a refund (less $10 administrative fee), the EBA must receive your written notice of cancellation one week before the proposed panel date. Registrants who are unable to attend may send a substitute for the entire program. EBA regrets that refunds will not be given for no-shows. Send a cancellation request by email to Olivia Dwelley at odwelley@eba-net.org or by fax to (202) 833-5596.

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For more information on this event, please contact the Energy Bar Association at (202) 223-5625 or by email at odwelley@eba-net.org