Substack Daily Updates – 3-11-25

Today I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• OMB Receives Two OPM Rulemakings – 3-10-25 – Two rulemakings (NPRM and Final Rule) implementing the Presidents instructions to reduce the federal bureaucracy – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/03/omb-receives-two-opm-rulemakings-3-10-25.html

• Review – Bills Introduced – 3-10-25 – 91 bills – HR 1968, House full year FY 2025 spending bill – HR 1974 and S 924, Democrat short-term CRs – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/03/review-bills-introduced-3-10-25.html

• Short Takes – 3-11-25 – Space Geek Edition – New launch companies and govt support – SpaceX problems – Space supply chain – Planetary Defense (2) – NASA firings – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/03/short-takes-3-11-25-space-geek-edition.html

• Review – 2 Advisories Published – 3-11-25 – NCCIC-ICS control system security advisories for products from Optigo Networks and Schneider Electric – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/03/review-2-advisories-published-3-11-25.html

• House Passes HR 1968 – FY 2025 Spending Bill – Near party line vote, but Johnson’s team (including Trump) held the caucus together - https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/03/house-passes-hr-1968-fy-2025-spending.html

• Short Takes – 3-11-25 – Bluetooth backdoor, not – Measles outbreak (3) – Brain worms – Bird flu risk – Boeing and space program – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/03/short-takes-3-11-25.html

I posted the following to my social media feeds (X, Mastodon, Substack, and LinkedIn):

• I posted the following reply to a thread on Mastodon about IP theft and trade wars: “An interesting look at what trade wars could look like. We have already seen the cost of IP theft by China, Russia and N Korea. What if that becomes the norm?”

• Today Siemens published 11 new advisories and updated 16 https://www.siemens.com/global/en/products/services/cert.html

• Today Schneider published three advisories and two updates - https://www.se.com/ww/en/work/support/cybersecurity/security-notifications.jsp

• Today FortiGuard published nine new advisories - https://www.fortiguard.com/psirt