Water Sector: Tackling IT-Security Fundamentals

Water and Wastewater Facilities are facing a crucial time in their journey to modernization, as Digital Transformation is bringing about a shift in risk. Cybersecurity is a growing concern not just within the water sector, but across all industries. Solving an issue of this magnitude is going to take a community and partnership approach to help water facilities create a culture of cybersecurity that includes addressing fundamentals, assessing risks, openly sharing threat intelligence, managing vulnerabilities, monitoring networks, and securing supply chains.
In this whitepaper we consider the 15 fundamental security controls as published by the WaterISAC (the international security sharing network created by and for the water and wastewater sector).