Water sector needs better threat information, survey says, as operators cite concerns around sharing arrangements

Water system operators need access to more useful information about cyber threats but continue to harbor concerns about how well their confidential data would be protected in a sharing arrangement with government, as well about their own “know-how” on who to share with, according to a survey by the Water Sector Coordinating Council.

Threat information was among the top four needs cited by officials from water and wastewater utilities in the survey, along with “training and education specific to the...