Testimony on Securing Operational Technology: A Deep Dive on the Water Sector
Summary: Dragos testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection about operational technology in the nation's water systems. The testimony described water utilities defending against both state actors and criminal groups with small and stagnant budgets, and covered threats to the OT networks and industrial control systems that control pumps and chemical levels at treatment facilities.
Why it matters: Water utilities are holding off state actors and criminal groups while working with small and stagnant budgets, and the systems under attack are the ones setting chemical levels and running pumps at treatment plants.
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