Federal cyber guidance for water industry unveiled

Organizations in the U.S. water and wastewater sector have been given new cybersecurity best practices guidance by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the FBI following an Office of the Inspector General report noting inadequate federal collaboration with the industry despite escalating cybersecurity threats, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

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