In the wake of recent cyberattacks targeting water/wastewater utilities like last year’s incident in Oldsmar, Florida, and as the Biden Administration extends its Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Initiative to the water sector, more utilities are beginning to take cybersecurity seriously.
The Albuquerque Bernalillo County (New Mexico) Water Utility Authority for instance has turned to new technologies to allow it to gain visibility into its networks and physical infrastructure.The utility recently deployed Cisco Cyber Vision to inventory its assets and detect potential threats.“The cool thing about Cyber Vision is that the switches we purchased have sensors built into them, so we’re able to view what assets we
News Briefs: Utilities Begin to Take Cybersecurity More Seriously
Also in this week's sewer and water news, President Joe Biden visits The Shipyards in Lorain, Ohio, to announce an investment of $1 billion into Great Lakes restoration as part of the bipartisan infrastructure bill
Feb 24, 2022 |
