EPA Submits Cybersecurity Support Plan for Public Water Systems to Congress

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently submitted its water infrastructure cybersecurity plan to Congress, which was mandated by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The plan is titled “Technical Cybersecurity Support Plan for Public Water Systems.” This report comes on the heels of a separate report, also required by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, called the Prioritization Framework that describes the agency's methodology for prioritizing certain public water systems for technical support related to cybersecurity. The EPA has also created a webpage outlining cybersecurity best practices for the water sector, which includes a list of cyber resilience resources, information on incident response, information about alerts from