In an Experrt Focus article for WaterBriefing, Doug McGeachie, Director of Enterprise Sales, Fortinet takes an in-depth lookt at at strengthening cybersecurity in the utilities sector.

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have published a new guide for cyber incident response in the water and wastewater sector.

Southern Water says it is aware of a claim by cyber criminals that data has been stolen from some of its IT systems.

The Chief Executive of the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) has said it could take more than a year before its systems are fully restored, according to a report in The Times newspaper this morning.

The Government is warning bosses of Britain’s most critical industries to boost cyber security or face substantial fines for leaving themselves vulnerable to attack.

Leading business support organisation Future WaterAssociation, in partnership with Waterbriefing, is launching a major survey on the growing challenges surrounding cyber security in the water sector.

The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has gone out to tender with a contract for End User Services worth an estimated £180 million.

An article on leading global online tech publication The Register suggests that the consortium supporting the UK government’s own Cyber Essentials scheme has suffered a breach – the incident has been reported to both the Information Commissioner's Office and the National Crime Agency.