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Description: How cyber-secure is your utility?: The threats are serious — take advantage of...
How cyber-secure is your utility?: The threats are serious — take advantage of resources to protect your systems
Imagine this: It is a typical morning at a water resource recovery facility when calls start pouring in from upset customers and public officials. They are complaining about wastewater backups across the city’s downtown.The control center supervisor checks the process control interface and everything appears normal. Indicators show the treatment system, pumps, and lift stations all humming along correctly as usual. The maintenance director sends crews to investigate. A few hours later they discover a vital lift station is off-line, despite what the process control system screens portray.Two weeks later, and with the help of cybersecurity experts, the facility discovers its industrial control system was hacked.
Author(s)
Charles Egli
SourceWater Environment & Technolology
Project IDWET2018_40
SubjectWater Security; Process Control; Infrastructure;
Document typeMagazine article
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Print publication date Oct 2018
Volume / Issue30 / 10
Content sourceWE&T Magazine
First / last page(s)40 - 44
Copyright2018
Word count2,568
Subject keywordscybersecurityhackingphishingcyberattackFBIransomwaresocial engineering

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Description: How cyber-secure is your utility?: The threats are serious — take advantage of...
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
How cyber-secure is your utility?: The threats are serious — take advantage of resources to protect your systems
This monthlong recognition is a collaborative effort between government and industry to ensure individuals and businesses have the resources they need to stay safer and more secure online. It serves as an essential reminder to examine your facility’s cybersecurity and learn about resources available for water resource recovery utilities.
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Copyright2018
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Description: How cyber-secure is your utility?: The threats are serious — take advantage of...
The attackers
How cyber-secure is your utility?: The threats are serious — take advantage of resources to protect your systems
WaterISAC has observed that the number and sophistication of adversaries seeking to exploit critical infrastructure vulnerabilities are growing. So, who are these adversaries? And how are they orchestrating their attacks? And why are they doing this? Figure 1 (right) provides a quick snapshot, which is discussed in more detail below.
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Copyright2018
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Description: How cyber-secure is your utility?: The threats are serious — take advantage of...
Take the initiative
How cyber-secure is your utility?: The threats are serious — take advantage of resources to protect your systems
Many cybersecurity analysts say it is not a question of if an organization will suffer a breach, but rather when it will happen — that’s a compelling call to action. While the challenge of cybersecurity is immense, incident post-mortems often reveal that a simple cybersecurity measure was ignored or overlooked and eventually exploited. Even nation–states, with all...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Copyright2018
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How cyber-secure is your utility?: The threats are serious — take advantage of resources to protect your systems