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DOE CESAR official Emily Burdick highlights OT Defender fellowship to strengthen energy-sector cybersecurity
Summary
Emily Burdick of the Department of Energy’s CESAR office said the OT Defender Fellowship is a year-long workforce program that builds public–private networks of operational-technology security managers to improve U.S. energy infrastructure resilience and incident response.
Emily Burdick, principal deputy director of the Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESAR), said the agency is focused on meeting growing energy demand while “strengthening the resilience and security of the U.S. energy sector.” She introduced the OT Defender Fellowship as a targeted workforce development effort to connect government and private-sector cyber defenders.
Burdick said the fellowship advances CESAR’s mission by building a network of highly skilled OT security managers with clearer knowledge of government capabilities to support response to cyber incidents. “It is the mission of CESAR to strengthen the security and resilience of the U.S. energy sector,” she said, linking the program to broader departmental priorities to keep energy affordable, reliable and secure.
Burdick framed the program as part of a public–private partnership that also aims to strengthen incident response through shared training and relationships between industry and federal partners. She credited the fellowship with improving sector-wide awareness of threats and government countermeasures and said the program supports a resilient energy workforce.
