New York Awards $9 Million to Strengthen Cybersecurity at 153 Water Systems
Source SecurityWeek
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New York State has awarded over $9 million in grants to 153 drinking water and wastewater systems to enhance their cybersecurity defenses. This initiative follows a recent multistate cyber campaign targeting water infrastructure, which caused operational disruptions in several states but did not affect New York utilities publicly. The funding supports cybersecurity assessments, upgrades, and compliance with new state cybersecurity standards for utilities. The campaign involved attacks on operational technology systems, including programmable logic controllers, and is suspected to be linked to Iranian threat actors. Federal agencies recommend removing exposed OT devices from the internet and securing remote access. The grants aim to improve resilience and compliance with mandatory cybersecurity measures for critical water infrastructure.