Colonial Pipeline
Coverage of Colonial Pipeline in the Nexus archive.
- Four ways to harden America's power grid before our global enemies strike
Global adversaries, including Iran, China, and Russia, are reportedly planning to target American energy supplies and strategic infrastructure through cyberattacks and military doctrine. To protect its grid from these threats, America must take steps such as requiring that critical components not be manufactured by adversary states or developing defenses against electromagnetic attacks and sabotage.
- Deterrence Is Not Enough in the Age of Synthetic Asymmetry
The article argues that traditional deterrence strategies are ineffective against modern synthetic asymmetry, where non-state actors and cyber operations exploit technological convergence to cause disproportionate economic and societal disruption. It emphasizes the need for democracies to adopt 'synthetic resilience'—a capacity to absorb and adapt to multi-domain attacks—highlighting examples like the 2021 Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, which caused billions in downstream economic losses.