US eyes physics-based engineering to protect water systems from cyber attacks
Control systems – and the entire software supply chain – needs work too, but even air-gapping isn't sufficient mitigation, Congress told.
Growing geopolitical tensions and the increasing sophistication of cyber warfare are forcing governments to acknowledge vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure.
Securing water systems is paramount for national security, public health, and economic stability, and traditional cybersecurity measures are proving insufficient.
The focus is shifting towards physics-based engineering, indicating a more holistic and fundamental approach to hardening critical infrastructure against cyber threats.
- · Cybersecurity firms specializing in OT/ICS
- · Engineering consulting firms
- · Water utilities adopting advanced security solutions
- · Government agencies funding critical infrastructure protection
- · Adversarial nation-state actors
- · Water utilities with legacy, unhardened systems
- · Cyber attackers targeting critical infrastructure
Increased investment in bespoke, physics-based security solutions for industrial control systems.
Development of new industry standards and certifications for operational technology (OT) security in critical infrastructure.
Enhanced resilience of national critical infrastructure, potentially deterring certain forms of cyber warfare and espionage.
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