Compliance Briefing — TSA mandates incident reporting for critical pipelines
The Transportation Security Administration issued an emergency directive requiring critical pipeline operators to report confirmed and potential cybersecurity incidents within 12 hours and designate a 24/7 cybersecurity coordinator.
On 27 May 2021 the U.S. Transportation Security Administration released Security Directive Pipeline-2021-01 in response to the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack. The directive obligates designated pipeline and liquefied natural gas facility operators to report cybersecurity incidents to CISA within 12 hours, maintain a round-the-clock cybersecurity coordinator, complete vulnerability assessments, and remediate identified gaps.
Compliance teams supporting pipeline operations should update incident playbooks to meet the 12-hour clock, ensure coordinator contact information is registered with TSA and CISA, and document assessment findings alongside mitigation timelines.
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