Water Utilities Urge Congress To Make Cybersecurity Reporting ‘Voluntary’

Several water utility groups used a recent meeting with congressional staff to push for a more flexible approach to cybersecurity in the sector including a purely “voluntary” approach to reporting intrusions and other “incidents,” echoing comments the groups filed on a pending Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule that would make such reports mandatory. At the Aug. 14 informational briefing, representatives of the Association of Metropolitan Water Associations (AMWA), the American Water Works Association (AWWA), the National Association of Water...