The White House in partnership with Environmental Protection Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Water Sector Coordinating Council recently announced it will extend the Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Cybersecurity Initiative to the water sector with a Water and Wastewater Sector Action Plan.
The action plan outlines actions that will take place over the next 100 days to improve the cybersecurity of the sector.According to a White House fact sheet, the federal government has limited authorities to set cybersecurity baselines for critical infrastructure, and managing this risk requires partnership with the private sector and municipal owners and operators of
News Briefs: White House Announces Water/Wastewater Cybersecurity Initiative
Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a California city is one step closer to winning its 10-year lawsuit against the U.S. subsidiary of a Chilean fertilizer manufacturer for contaminating its drinking water
