Security News > 2021 > May > Tech Audit of Colonial Pipeline Found ‘Glaring’ Problems
How far the company, Colonial Pipeline, went to address the vulnerabilities isn't clear.
Colonial said it initiated the restart of pipeline operations on Wednesday afternoon and that it would take several days for supply delivery to return to normal.
Smallwood, a partner at iMERGE and managing director of the Institute for Information Governance, said he prepared a 24-month, $1.3 million plan for Colonial.
Separately, shippers have complained to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that Colonial inflated what it spends on pipeline integrity to deflect accusations it overcharges them.
Smallwood said he was reluctant to go public about the Colonial audit for fear of alienating future clients "But the gravity of the situation demands that the public know just how fragile some of these systems within our infrastructure are."
Mouchet was on the advisory board of Rausch when it did a cybersecurity study for Colonial concurrent to Smallwood's audit.