Substack Daily Updates – 7-1-25

NOTE: Saturday’s ‘Substack Daily Updates’ was incorrectly coded as a premium post. That has since been corrected, it is now available to all readers.

Today I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• Review – Bills Introduced – 6-30-25 – 27 bills – HR 4249, FY 2026 Legislative Branch spending bill – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/07/review-bills-introduced-6-30-25-house.html

• OSHA Publishes 16 Respirator NPRMs – 7-1-25 – Respirator standards being revised for 16 substances – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/07/osha-publishes-16-respirator-nprms-7-1.html

• Review – 7 Advisories Published – 7-1-25 – NCCIC-ICS control system security advisories for products from Hitachi Energy (2), Voltronic, and Festo (4) – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/07/review-7-advisories-published-7-1-25.html

• PHMSA Publishes 16 DFRs on Standards Updates – 7-1-25 – Updating industry standards incorporated by reference into PHMSA regulations – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/07/phmsa-publishes-16-dfrs-on-standards.html

• Review – HR 4213 Introduced – FY 2026 DHS Spending – Decreased spending in most areas of interest – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/07/review-hr-4213-introduced-fy-2026-dhs.html

• Short Takes – 7-1-25 – Chinese laser comms – AX-4 mission update – Weak FBI cyber advice – Continuing Iran nuke threat – Bird flu non-response – Hurricane data cut-off – Mobile missile tracking – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/07/short-takes-7-1-25.html

On Sunday I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• Review – Public ICS Disclosures – Week of 6-21-25 – Part 2 – For Part 2 we have 6 additional vendor disclosures – 4 vendor updates – 2 exploits – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/06/review-public-ics-disclosures-week-of-6_29.html

I have removed the following articles from the CFSN Detailed Analysis paywall:

• HR 8572 Reported in House - FY 2025 DHS Spending Bill

• HR 8772 Introduced - FY 2025 Legislative Spending

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

• The real need for internet connected devices - https://xkcd.com/3109 - Must read the roll over comment –

• CCPS Beacon - An Interlock bypass bites again - https://www2.aiche.org/sites/default/files/ccps-beacon/202507BeaconEnglish.pdf