In a joint effort, CISA, the FBI, and the EPA have introduced an incident response guide designed to aid owners and operators in the Water and Wastewater Systems (WWS) Sector.
The agencies partnered with over 25 industry, non-profit and government organizations within the WWS Sector to create the response guide which outlines four pivotal stages of the incident response lifecycle:
- Preparation
- Detection and Analysis
- Containment, Eradication, and Recovery
- Post-Incident Activities
“The Water and Wastewater Systems Sector is a vital part of our critical infrastructure, and the FBI will continue to combat cyber actors who threaten it. A key part of our cyber strategy is building strong partnerships and sharing threat information with the owners and operators of critical infrastructure before they are hit with an attack,” said Assistant Director Bryan Vorndran of the FBI’s Cyber Division.
Mark B. Cooper, President & Founder, PKI Solutions had this to say:
“Just as we have seen the creation and focus of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) controls for the energy industry, vital infrastructure services such as water, waste treatment, and gas should have similar regulatory and industrial standards for cybersecurity controls. Through enforcing strong CIP standards for all vital services, these critical services can be better prepared for a world that has ever evolving cybersecurity threats and deliberate actors seeking to disrupt services.”
Incident response guides like these are valuable as they save a company or a sector from the trouble of trying to figure out what the best practices are to responding to an incident. Frankly, we need to see more of these out there ASAP.
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CISA, FBI, EPA Releases A Water And Wastewater Cyber Incident Response Guide
In a joint effort, CISA, the FBI, and the EPA have introduced an incident response guide designed to aid owners and operators in the Water and Wastewater Systems (WWS) Sector.
The agencies partnered with over 25 industry, non-profit and government organizations within the WWS Sector to create the response guide which outlines four pivotal stages of the incident response lifecycle:
“The Water and Wastewater Systems Sector is a vital part of our critical infrastructure, and the FBI will continue to combat cyber actors who threaten it. A key part of our cyber strategy is building strong partnerships and sharing threat information with the owners and operators of critical infrastructure before they are hit with an attack,” said Assistant Director Bryan Vorndran of the FBI’s Cyber Division.
Mark B. Cooper, President & Founder, PKI Solutions had this to say:
“Just as we have seen the creation and focus of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) controls for the energy industry, vital infrastructure services such as water, waste treatment, and gas should have similar regulatory and industrial standards for cybersecurity controls. Through enforcing strong CIP standards for all vital services, these critical services can be better prepared for a world that has ever evolving cybersecurity threats and deliberate actors seeking to disrupt services.”
Incident response guides like these are valuable as they save a company or a sector from the trouble of trying to figure out what the best practices are to responding to an incident. Frankly, we need to see more of these out there ASAP.
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