Substack Daily Updates – 3-25-25

Today I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• CSB Issues 20th Anniversary Report on BP Texas City Refinery Disaster – Calls out OSHA for failing to act on the one open investigation recommendation – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/03/csb-issues-20th-anniversary-report-on.html

• Review – 4 Advisories Published – 3-25-25 – NCCIC-ICS control system security advisories for products from IDS, Rockwell (2), and ABB – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/03/review-4-advisories-published-3-25-25.html

• PHMSA Publishes PSMS Advisory Bulletin – PHMSA recommends voluntary implementation of pipeline safety management system like API RP 1173 – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/03/phmsa-publishes-psms-advisory-bulletin.html

• Short Takes – 3-25-25 – Drone drama – More Signal fallout – Mercury orbit with solar sail – Pollutant eating bacteria – FAA launch activities ICR – EO 14240 – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/03/short-takes-3-25-25.html

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

• I posted the following reply to a discussion on Mastodon about yesterday’s revelation about the inclusion of the Atlantic editor on the ‘secure chat’ about US attacks against the Houthi rebels: “I think people fail to realize that the Trump organizations distrust of the 'deep state' is really distrust of professionals; a basic refusal to accept that true understanding of the world takes study and experience. Professionals understand the difference between a 'secure chat application' and secure communications. Amateurs do not. The Trump Administration is fundamentally made up of amateurs. These types of mistakes are to be expected and feared.”