Cybersecurity measures prompt debate over proprietary overreach; emergency‑response coordination retained

Oct 28, 2026

Staff proposed facility‑level cyber risk assessments and inventories; commissioners worried about proprietary information and government overreach and agreed to preserve emergency-response coordination and some cybersecurity awareness without demanding confidential server inventories.

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Cassie told commissioners she had added cybersecurity requirements including a facility‑level assessment of digital footprint, adversary pathways and protective measures. Some commissioners warned that requiring inventories of servers and routers or detailed vulnerability lists could be proprietary and constitute overreach. "I think this is government overreach," one commissioner said.

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