The post-Colonial Pipeline proposal requires the agency's charges to follow one cyber mandate to rule them all.

The funding goes to 16 projects aimed at developing advanced tools to protect the energy sector.

Previously, the Biden administration pushed the initiative in the electricity sector and for pipelines.

It’s a big shift to the federal approach to pipeline security.

The 'regional emergency declaration” is meant to alleviate any disruptions to supply following the incident at Colonial Pipeline.

Colonial Pipeline is one of the largest operators in the U.S.

The incident serves as a warning for industrial companies of the ways that ransomware can impact operations.