Site Map - Energy

09/27/2007 - Find out how the Energy Department is preparing to prevent and respond to nuclear attacks in the United States.

09/19/2007 - New guidance is out to help the electricity sector respond to an influenza pandemic.

09/11/2007 - A Department of Energy internal report finds that the agency has failed to protect critical nuclear assets.

09/10/2007 - Five pipelines hit, no injuries reported.

08/13/2007 - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued a final rule requiring that those who have access to nuclear safeguards information - defined as sensitive, unclassified, security-related data - be fingerprinted and undergo an FBI criminal records check. Under the rule, those who have completed a background check within the past five years or who have an active security clearance need not be rescreened at this time. The fingerprinting requirement is required under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and is effective immediately. The NRC is currently working on a more comprehensive rule addressing the other issues set out in the act. The upcoming rule will address issues such as security precautions to preserve the integrity of safeguard information and how often employees must be rescreened. Read the rule.

08/10/2007 - Protecting Middle East oil amid increasing political instability and increasing demand.

08/06/2007 - Last fall, Global Energy Infrastructure Security 2006 was held in the United Arab Emirates, and, in January, the Security for Energy Infrastructure 2007 Global Summit built on the previous conference. Eminent speakers from around the world talked about prediction, prevention, and response to terrorist threats, among other topics.

08/06/2007 - Offers an updated and revised report, 'Energy Infrastructure Security 2007, Protecting staff, assets and operations from sabotage and potential terrorist threat.' It explores modeling infrastructure security risk and provides information on security measures to combat it, with case studies of actual and potential energy sector terrorism.

08/06/2007 - What are the challenges protecting to energy assets and infrastructure? Energy Business Reports explains with security recommendations to counter the risk.

06/28/2007 - There’s a saying: The more things change, the more they remain the same. It’s one of those clichés that sound like gibberish and yet are absolutely true. So what makes that saying so apt today?

06/28/2007 - Discover how the energy sector is dealing with a range of global challenges.

06/28/2007 - Find out how Shell Oil is experimenting with a new three-pronged approach to securing its oil interests in the highly volatile regions of Nigeria.