Building Cyber Resilience in the Water Sector

Water and wastewater utilities face an increasingly complex cybersecurity landscape as critical infrastructure becomes more connected and targeted by sophisticated threats. This whitepaper examines the unique operational vulnerabilities utilities face and explores both internal and external threat vectors that can disrupt essential services.

Through real-world case studies of historical security breaches, the whitepaper provides insight into common attack methods and their potential impact. It also outlines proactive security architectures and strategies utilities can adopt to strengthen protection, improve operational resilience and safeguard critical infrastructure.

Key Takeaways:

• Understand the evolving cyber threats targeting water and wastewater utilities
• Identify internal and external threat vectors
• Examine lessons from real-world utility security breaches
• Recognize operational vulnerabilities across critical infrastructure environments
• Explore proactive security architectures for stronger protection
• Build greater resilience against cybersecurity disruptions and attacks
• Safeguard essential water and wastewater services against emerging threats