{"id":5284,"date":"2024-02-23T17:21:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T22:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wradrb.org\/?p=5284"},"modified":"2024-02-28T17:48:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T22:48:01","slug":"fbi-epa-cisa-outline-top-cyber-actions-for-securing-water-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wradrb.org\/fbi-epa-cisa-outline-top-cyber-actions-for-securing-water-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI EPA &#038; CISA Outline Top Cyber Actions for Securing Water Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Cybersecurity &amp; Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) updated the joint fact sheet\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/resources-tools\/resources\/top-cyber-actions-securing-water-systems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Top Cyber Actions for Securing Water Systems<\/a>. This update includes additional resources\u2014from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awwa.org\/Resources-Tools\/Resource-Topics\/Risk-Resilience\/Cybersecurity-Guidance\">American Water Works Associatio<\/a>n, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waterisac.org\/\">WaterISAC<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisecurity.org\/ms-isac\">MS-ISAC<\/a>\u2014to support water systems in defending against malicious cyber activity.\u00a0 For every recommended action item, the fact sheet provides links to free resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fact sheet outlines practical actions Water and Wastewater Systems (WWS) Sector entities can take to better protect water systems from malicious cyber activity and provides actionable guidance to implement concurrently:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Reduce Exposure to the Public-Facing Internet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conduct Regular Cybersecurity Assessments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change Default Passwords Immediately<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conduct an Inventory of Operational Technology (OT)\/Information Technology (IT) Assets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop and Exercise Cybersecurity Incident Response and Recovery Plans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Backup OT\/IT Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduce Exposure to Vulnerabilities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conduct Cybersecurity Awareness Training<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>CISA, EPA, and FBI urge all WWS Sector and critical infrastructure organizations to review the fact sheet and implement the actions to improve resilience to cyber threat activity. Organizations can visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cisa.gov\/water<\/a>\u00a0for additional sector tools, information, and resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you require additional support for implementing any of these actions, contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/waterresilience\/forms\/cybersecurity-technical-assistance-program-water-sector\">EPA&#8217;s Technical Assistance Program for the Water Sector<\/a> and\/or your<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/about\/regions\"> regional CISA cybersecurity advisor<\/a> for assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cybersecurity &amp; Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) updated the joint fact sheet\u00a0Top Cyber Actions for Securing Water Systems. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[115,112,113,67,38,114,81],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wradrb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wradrb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wradrb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wradrb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wradrb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wradrb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5288,"href":"https:\/\/www.wradrb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5284\/revisions\/5288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wradrb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wradrb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wradrb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wradrb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}