Course Description
In January 2022, the White House announced the Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Initiative – Water and Wastewater Sector Action Plan, a 100-day initiative to bring water and wastewater facilities up to speed with current cybersecurity.
This course highlights the challenges of implementing the plan of this type given the fragmented nature of the municipal water and wastewater industry. Addressed are new models for securing communities in a region can be used to address cyberattacks on the world’s most precious resource.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
- Describe the purpose for a 100-day cybersecurity sprint for water
- List the challenges of applying lessons from other utility sectors
- Describe how utilities have traditionally handled cybersecurity
- Illustrate how Cybersecurity is addressed as a service for small utilities
- Explain what the next steps are for water utility cybersecurity
Instructor
Kenneth Crowler is Product Security Leader with Xylem Applied Water Systems & America’s Commercial Teams, a water technology company focused on providing effective solutions to address water and waste water needs.
Facilitator
Bob Crossen is Senior Managing Editor for Water & Wastes Digest.
Additional Resources
Subscribe to the Water & Wastes Digest Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHr1xfvaq8Uy7en7e9l2XKA?sub_confirmation=1
Watch last week’s video: https://www.wwdmag.com/videos/water-scarcity-one-water-issue-wwd-weekly-digest
View the WWD Weekly Digest playlist: bit.ly/wwdweeklydigest
Course Content
Course Includes
- 1 Lesson
- Course Certificate
