CISA is warning us (again) about the threat to critical infrastructure networks
Summary: CISA issued a renewed advisory on state-sponsored threats to critical infrastructure days after a cyber attack forced a small Kansas water treatment facility serving 11,000 people into manual operations. The EPA pulled its memo outlining cybersecurity standards at water treatment plants last year after legal action from state and federal lawmakers and private water companies, and the American Water Works Association, representing more than 50,000 members, has advocated for facilities writing their own policies instead of relying on the U.S. government.
Why it matters: The Kansas attack did not stop anyone from getting water, but the source asks what happens if a state-sponsored actor targets a facility in a larger town, or one without a manual backup plan - and three years after Colonial Pipeline, the source says none of those lessons have been put into practice.
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