Imagine losing power for days, or weeks. What about running water and telecommunications? Mass transportation grinds to a halt, healthcare facilities scramble and financial systems unravel. “You’re talking about America’s lifelines. When they go down for more than a moment, it’s a bad day,” said…
The McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security at Auburn University announced the appointment of two stalwarts of the energy sector to lead its industry-led energy advisory board. Jennifer Flandermeyer and KC Carnes, executives at NextEra Energy, Inc. and the Tennessee Valley Authority, respectively, together bring decades of experience to the McCrary Institute’s Southeast Region Cybersecurity Collaboration Center (SERC3) Industry Advisory Board. They will…
Today, AI accounts for just 14% of global data center electricity demand, but that will double in the next two years alone.
There is not a consistent and well-understood understanding of the businesses, systems, and assets that constitute what critical infrastructure is.
The Southeast Region Cybersecurity Collaboration Center (SERC3) is dedicated to advancing cybersecurity technologies to protect critical infrastructure from outside threats — and it’s using the expertise of Auburn University students to help carry out the mission. Established in 2024 through a $10 million Department of Energy grant…
As the incoming administration prepares its list of priorities once President-elect Trump is sworn in for a second term on Jan. 20, 2025, it is a national security imperative that cybersecurity policy be sufficiently prioritized in a manner that enhances the security of America’s electric…
In a world where every digital connection has the potential to be a vulnerability, the stakes for cybersecurity have never been higher. The recent statement from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on supply chain security brings into sharp focus the escalating threats faced by critical infrastructure operators,…
The linkage between private companies that maintain vast data networks and the government agencies and officials that use them is one of several themes raised in a new report from Auburn University’s McCrary Institute of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure. The report, “Securing America’s Digital Future:…
A bipartisan cyber policy roadmap for the next presidential administration recommends boosting the Office of the National Cyber Director to help strengthen government coordination on pressing cybersecurity threats. The report, released last week by Auburn University’s McCrary Institute, includes a sweeping set of cyber policy recommendations…
When the next president and their administration takes office in January, they will confront perennial problems and a long list of unfinished cyber business. A group of 40 cybersecurity experts from McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure at Auburn University and the Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0 released 39 recommendations last…
