ONCD’s workforce strategy includes pilot project to bolster water sector cybersecurity

The cyber workforce strategy unveiled by the Office of the National Cyber Director includes a pilot program to train workers at small water systems on cybersecurity and readiness, to be run by the Cyber Readiness Institute and the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

“In August 2023, CRI and CCTI will launch the Phased Critical Infrastructure Pilot: Resiliency for Water Utilities, providing up to 200 small water utilities with basic cybersecurity training and...