AWWA Releases 'Roadmap to Secure Control Systems' Document
April 30, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS
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The Roadmap to Secure Control Systems in the Water Sector, a document for water utilities to better protect themselves against cyber attacks or accidental cyber events, was released at the recent American Water Works Association (AWWA) Water Security Congress in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The cyber security document, developed by a working group of the Water Sector Coordinating Council, was sponsored by AWWA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The vision of the cyber security project is to design, install and maintain control systems that assure the water sector can operate with no loss of critical function both during and after a cyber attack.
"Water security research has come a long way in meeting the needs of the drinking water industry," said Jonathan Herrmann, director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Homeland Security Research Center.
"Yet, we still have a lot of work to better understand how to harden our systems, effectively detect chemical, biological or radiological contamination, contain events if they occur, cost-effectively decontaminate or replace infrastructure in the event of a terrorist attack or natural disaster and make sure we deliver safe water and protect public health."
Source: American Water Works Association (AWWA).