High Consequence Events: Water and Wastewater Systems
Given their critical importance to daily life, water and wastewater systems have several adverse scenarios to consider:- Disruption of the water supply due to control system manipulation or cyber-enabled equipment sabotage
- Disrupted operations due to ransomware attacks against IT networks
- Contamination of water supply through manipulation of filtration, disinfection, and monitoring processes
- Release of untreated sewage into the environment
Common Vulnerabilities: Water and Wastewater Systems
Digitalization has changed the way the water industry operates, but increased connectivity often means increased risk. Water and wastewater systems are subject to many common OT cyber vulnerabilities:- Unmanaged connectivity between IT and OT networks
- Unmanaged OT-to-cloud connections
- Unpatched workstations, HMIs, controllers, or switches in OT network
- Lack of authentication, segmentation, and other cybersecurity controls in OT network
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