The National Rural Water Association (NRWA), in collaboration with the White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), has announced a Cybersecurity Circuit Rider Program study. The one-year study began on Nov. 1, 2024, and itsRead More

WaterISAC and the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced the release of a new, joint information bulletin for water and wastewater utility owners and operators. Issued quarterly, the National Security Information Sharing Bulletin (ISB) is intended for utility owners and operators to provide information onRead More

By Dave Purkiss & Tony Giles Cyberattacks are becoming more common for malicious actors to breach critical infrastructure, making no industry immune. Water utilities are no exception, as we have seen with the Pennsylvania and Florida water utility cyberattacks. Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October isRead More

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) recently released its 2024 State of the Water Industry report, providing insights into the challenges and priorities facing the water sector. As part of the survey and report, AWWA regularly ranks the top challenges and priorities facing the sector.Read More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued an enforcement alert outlining the urgent cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities to community drinking water systems and the steps these systems need to take to comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act. The alert is part of a government-wide effortRead More

Water utilities are on heightened alert for cyber attacks, so Water Finance & Management chatted with Marty Edwards, Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Operational Technology (OT) and Internet of Things (IoT) for Tenable. Edwards gave recent testimony in Congress, appearing as a witness before inRead More

Legislation that supports a collaborative approach to to regulating cybersecurity in the water sector was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in April. Spearheaded by Reps. Rick Crawford (R-Ariz.) and John Duarte (R-Calif.), H.R. 7922 authorizes an independent, non-federal entity to lead the development of cybersecurityRead More

By Andrew Ginter In 2023, 68 cyber attacks took down more than 500 sites worldwide, some of them water utilities. All modern automation includes computers, and so for the last 40 years we have been deploying more and more targets for cyber attacks. Compounding theRead More

Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technologies and Janet McCabe, EPA Deputy Administrator, recently met with state and local officials from across the United States to discuss cybersecurity in the water sector. The meeting was a follow up to a MarchRead More

On March 19, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan sent a letter to all U.S. governors inviting state environmental, health and homeland security secretaries to a convening by their deputies to discuss the urgent need for cyber protection in theRead More