On March 13, the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team ("ICS-CERT"), which works to reduce risks within and across all critical infrastructure sectors, reported that it received and responded to 245 incidents in FY 2014. ICS-CERT found that 32 percent of these incidents occurred in the energy sector, the highest percentage of any critical infrastructure sector, and approximately 55 percent of the incidents involved advanced persistent threats or sophisticated actors.

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