Water systems’ cybersecurity dogged by ‘turf war’ between IT, OT
A report last year from the Director of National Intelligence found that of the reported cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, more than a dozen were on water utilities, water systems and wastewater treatment facilities. The cyber threats look to only be multiplying, too. A separate report from the House Homeland Security Committee highlighted “rising threats” from nation-state actors like China, Iran and Russia, with utilities in Pennsylvania and Texas among those hit in recent years. It puts the onus on critical infrastructure operators and state governments to invest more in cybersecurity to ward off those threats.