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 on priority security and resilience topics, including cybersecurity, physical security and natural disasters.
The ISB is designed to increase awareness of water/wastewater security priorities and promote a security mindset across all utility staff and the sector to better prepare for and respond to ever-increasing threats. Utility leaders and staff with responsibilities in any of these areas can use the ISB to obtain additional context on the foremost issues involving the sector. However, EPA and WaterISAC said all utility staff can benefit from reading its contents and learning about the latest developments, especially since security and resilience should be a team effort. The organizations encourage utilities to disseminate this ISB as widely as possible among staff and to partners.
The EPA Office of National Security (ONS) and the WaterISAC, together with support from the EPA Office of Water and the Water Sector Coordinating Council and Government Coordinating Council (WSCC), have initiated this effort to raise awareness on current threats and emerging issues. EPA and WaterISAC said the goal is to inform and drive efforts to enhance preparedness and resilience within the water and wastewater sector and across the 16 domestic critical infrastructure sectors in the U.S.
Feedback can be shared at Water-NSISB@epa.gov.
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