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flwhiin <br /> IIIIIIIVIEti <br /> •Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association <br /> Congressional Action cybersecurity program. The Order permits agencies <br /> The growing cyber threat has prompted a variety to use existing statutory authority to regulate <br /> of proposals to buttress the nation's cyber defenses the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure and to <br /> to be brought before Congress, which has been identify additional authority necessary to enhance <br /> holding hearings on the cybersecurity issue since protection against security threats. <br /> 2007. Some call for the creation of voluntary <br /> standards across all economic sectors, backed by MMUA Position <br /> federal compliance incentives including liability MMUA supports narrowly crafted and targeted <br /> protection, expedited security clearances, and legislation to address cyber security emergencies. <br /> priority technical assistance. Others would enhance We do not support the addition of an unnecessary <br /> information sharing between the government burden on the electric utility industry, that <br /> and industry, or specifically seek to revise the duplicates current processes and may achieve only <br /> cybersecurity framework governing the electricity limited results. We also strongly support enhanced <br /> sector—in some cases imposing a top-down information-sharing,from the federal government <br /> structure with FERC supplanting the role of to the industry. <br /> NERC. <br /> Executive Action <br /> On February 12, 2013, <br /> the President released the <br /> ong-awaited Executive <br /> Order on cybersecurity. <br /> The President's Order <br /> establishes a voluntary 'w,,. <br /> program to support the <br /> adoption of cybersecurity 1� <br /> standards by owners t <br /> and operators of critical 4i <br /> infrastructure, which <br /> obviously includes the ,,„ <br /> electric industry. The , yr <br /> Order tasks the National _ t <br /> Institute of Standards k <br /> and Technology (NISI), r <br /> within the Department i�. <br /> of Commerce, to develop \t <br /> a baseline Cybersecurity <br /> Framework that <br /> sector-specific agencies <br /> would rely upon to <br /> establish a voluntary <br /> critical infrastructure <br /> 2013 Federal Position Statements/ 13 <br />