EPA issues water cybersecurity mandates, concerning industry and experts

Photo credit: Austin Kirk / Flickr. Article by Christian Vasquez. Cyberscoop – March 3, 2023.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s water cybersecurity standards follow the Biden administration’s new national cyber strategy.

A day after the Biden administration issued its national cybersecurity strategy urging new regulations for the critical infrastructure sector, the Environmental Protection Agency released a mandate for the water sector on Friday. The regulations require states to ensure that public water systems “evaluate the adequacy” of any digital defenses through sanitation surveys. […]

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