CISA tells critical organizations to prepare for cyber outages
CISA tells critical organizations to prepare for cyber outages  
Podcast: The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
Published On: Thu May 07 2026
Description: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is urging water, power and other critical infrastructure organizations to prepare to operate without internet and other technology services. That’s the overarching goal of a new initiative unveiled by CISA this week. The agency says organizations need to be prepared to operate through IT outages and other challenges during a geopolitical crisis. For more, Federal News Network Justin Doubleday joins me. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.