Substack Daily Updates – 7-29-25

Today I published the following on Chemical Facility Security News:

• EPA Enforces CSB Reporting Rule – 7-28-25 – PG&E failed to report 6-8-23 natural gas release that injured 1 employee – $45k civil penalty applied – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/07/epa-enforces-csb-reporting-rule-7-28-25.html

• Review – CSB Updated Status of 15 Investigation Recommendations – 7-25-25 – 5 recommendations closed - 10 recommendations remain open but show progress – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/07/review-csb-updated-status-of-15.html

• Review – Bills Introduced – 7-28-25 – 24 bills – S 2480 – telecom cybersecurity report – Passed in Senate – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/07/review-bills-introduced-7-28-25.html

• Short Takes – 7-29-25 – Space Geek Edition – Ax-4 recap – PNT demonstration – X-37B and quantum navigation – Chinese sample return mission – Another Firefly Moon mission – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/07/short-takes-7-29-25-space-geek-edition.html

• Review – 3 Advisories and 2 Updates Published – 7-29-25 – NCCIC-ICS control system security advisories – Updates for advisories from Fuji and Johnson Controls – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/07/review-3-advisories-and-2-updates.html

• Short Takes – 7-29-25 – Early fungal allergy season – Glucose monitoring leak – Heat battery – Spending bill strategy – Hurricane season update – Raw milk outbreak – EO 14318 thru EO 14322 – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/07/short-takes-7-29-25.html

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

• Review – Public ICS Disclosures – Week of 7-19-25 – Part 2 – 2 additional vendor advisories – 8 vendor updates – Short version of article published here (premium content) – https://chemical-facility-security-news.blogspot.com/2025/07/review-public-ics-disclosures-week-of-7_27.html

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

• Public ICS Disclosures – Week of 7-13-24 – DTRH,

• Siemens Publishes Out-of-Zone Advisory – 11-22-24,

• 2 Advisories and 1 Update Published – 3-6-25, and

• 1 Update Published – 3-27-25

NOTE: Each of those posts included ‘Down-the-rabbit-hole’ reports that show up from time to time on my paywalled posts about cybersecurity advisories.

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

• I posted the following comment to a discussion on Substack Notes about ‘absolute nothingness’: “‘Absolute Nothingness’ cannot not exist because that implies the existence of an entity that can evaluate the extent of nothingness.” I love meaningless philosophical discussions.