Atlanta Cybersecurity Expert Audited Federal Infrastructure For Years, Says Colonial Hack Was No Surprise

As the Biden Administration tightens regulations on critical infrastructure like fuel pipelines, one Atlanta-based cybersecurity expert says it’s better late than never. Because what he’s seen while conducting federal utility audits in the past, scares him.

Nick Santora is the CEO of cybersecurity education company, Curricula — based in the Atlanta Tech Village. He told WABE’s ‘All Things Considered’ Jim Burress that for years before starting Curricula, he conducted federal utility audits.

He told Burress as evidenced by the May ransomware attack on Alpharetta-based Colonial Pipeline, preventing a security breach is a whole lot less costly than resolving one – always going to be security gaps in that kind of critical infrastructure.