Re-post courtesy of Patti Kay Wisniewski, Drinking Water Preparedness and Resiliency Coordinator, US EPA Region 3
WaterISAC and EPA are excited to announce the release of a new joint product series issued quarterly, the National Security Information Sharing Bulletin. The Information Sharing Bulletin (ISB) is intended for water and wastewater utility owners and operators to provide information on priority security and resilience topics, including cybersecurity, physical security, and natural disasters.
The ISB is designed to increase awareness of these priorities and promote a security mindset across all utility staff and the water and wastewater sector to better prepare for and respond to ever-increasing threats. Utility leaders and staff with responsibilities in any of these areas can use the ISB to obtain additional context on the foremost issues involving the sector. However, all utility staff can benefit from reading its contents and learning about the latest developments, especially since security and resilience should be a team effort. Therefore, the authoring organizations encourage utilities to disseminate this ISB as widely as possible among staff and to partners.
The EPA Office of National Security (ONS) and the WaterISAC, together with support from the EPA Office of Water and the Water Sector Coordinating Council and Government Coordinating Council (WSCC), have initiated this effort to raise awareness on current threats and emerging issues. Our goal is to inform and drive efforts to enhance preparedness and resilience within the water and wastewater sector and across the 16 domestic critical infrastructure sectors in the U.S. Please feel encouraged to share feedback on all aspects of this product to Water-NSISB@epa.gov. This way, we can work to make future editions helpful and actionable.
Access the Information Sharing Bulletin here.
Questions? Please contact us at analyst@waterisac.org or 866-H2O-ISAC