Post Tagged with: "cybersecurity"

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a guide in January to assist water and wastewater owners and operators in cyber incident response. The guidance also provides information about federal roles, resources and responsibilities forRead More

According to a new sector outlook for 2024 by Fitch Ratings, inflationary pressures will continue to ease for U.S. water utilities in the coming year, and the credit ratings agency has moved its outlook to “neutral” from “deteriorating.” Fitch’s U.S. Water and Sewer Outlook 2024Read More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced it will withdraw plans to require states to survey cybersecurity best practices at public water systems — welcome news to much of the industry that opposed the approach. The EPA proposal was included in the agency’s FY22Read More

This week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted a request from the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the National Rural Water Association (NRWA) to stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Cybersecurity Rule from going into effect until a current caseRead More

By Constantine Antoniou Sodium hydroxide is used as an acidity control and metal remover by water utilities. Too much of the corrosive material can cause chemical burns and other uncomfortable side effects. In 2021, when a hacker accessed a Florida water utility’s computer system andRead More

On April 17, the states of Missouri, Arkansas and Iowa filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) March 3, 2023, cybersecurity rule. In response, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) issued theRead More

The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) this week announced its support for a bicameral bill that it said would encourage and support the participation of drinking water and wastewater systems in the Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center (WaterISAC). The Water System Threat PreparednessRead More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing a memorandum that will require states to survey cybersecurity best practices at public water systems (PWSs). While some systems have taken important steps to improve their cybersecurity, a recent survey and reports of cyber attacks show thatRead More

By Pete Lund The recent devastating droughts in the U.K. and the U.S. have driven water restrictions in affected regions, making Water and Wastewater facilities’ Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) prime targets for cybersecurity attacks as the industry’s role in a safe andRead More

Recently, the Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency (CISA) released a Request for Information (RFI) to inform the agency’s development of new critical infrastructure cyber incident reporting rules enacted by Congress earlier this year. The Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act was approved by Congress in March. The lawRead More