DOE Sets 5-Year Plan to Harden US Grid Against Cyberattacks

Roadmap Focuses on OT Security, Grid Hardening and Incident Response Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • March 23, 2026

The U.S. Department of Energy released a first-ever comprehensive strategy for securing the nation's energy infrastructure, laying out a five-year roadmap that aims to translate broad White House cyber priorities into concrete action.

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The plan, published Wednesday by the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response, outlines how the government intends to strengthen grid resilience, accelerate the development of security technologies and improve the sector's ability to respond to and recover from cyber incidents. Officials describe it as the office's first formal effort to define its mission, goals and measurable outcomes in a single document.

The strategy comes amid heightened concerns over the security of the U.S. energy system, which ...