Cyber policy vet Krayem raises water infrastructure fund as potential avenue to support sector cyber issues

An Environmental Protection Agency loan program created in 2014 for water infrastructure represents a potentially underutilized source of funding for improving the cyber posture of systems and facilities across the United States amid the agency’s announcement of plans to step up cyber enforcement efforts, according to Norma Krayem of Van Scoyoc Associates.

Krayem pointed to the Water Infrastructure Finance Innovation Act Program, known as WIFIA, which she described as “a loan/loan guarantee program water facilities can use for all types...