This $100 million funding opportunity is available through CESER’s Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity (RMUC) Advanced Cybersecurity Technical Assistance (TA) Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA) and requires applicants to deliver cybersecurity technical assistance, technologies, services, threat information sharing, and other support to eligible electric utilities.
“Resource-constrained operators face unique challenges in accessing cybersecurity tools, expertise, and information,” said CESER director Andrew McClure.
“CESER is committed to closing the capability gap for small and rural operators by providing hands-on technical support, threat information sharing, and system hardening resources.
Awardees must demonstrate formal partnerships with no fewer than six qualifying electric utilities and the capability to deliver meaningful cybersecurity improvements across participating utilities.
These improvements may include, but are not limited to cybersecurity assessments and planning, workforce training and certification, exercises and readiness, implementation and integration of cybersecurity tools and technologies, verification and validation, and cybersecurity threat information-sharing activities.