Federal agencies recently sent governors a letter urging them to defend their water and wastewater systems against disabling cyber attacks, noting that many water systems lack even basic precautions.
New Hampshire is one state that’s taken up the call. New Hampshire’s state IT is partnering with the state Department of Environmental Services and the regional Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) representative to begin assessing cyber maturity at community drinking water systems.
Most drinking water systems in the state serve fewer than 3,000 customers, said CISO Ken Weeks, speaking to Government Technology at the recent National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) conference. That means the systems are too small to have been required by the EPA to conduct risk and resiliency assessments or maintain emergency response plans…