- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Adrianne Appel2024-05-21T19:27:00
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is increasing its inspections of public drinking water systems after finding a majority of those reviewed were vulnerable to cyberattacks and related threats.
Cyberattacks against public drinking water systems have increased in recent years, posing a threat to public health and security, the EPA said. The Safe Drinking Water Act requires systems to be cyber secure.
But preliminary EPA inspections found more than 70 percent of systems checked were not secure. Some systems were using default passwords and single logins, which made them vulnerable to cybercriminals and threat actors, the agency said.
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American Water Works Company, which supplies drinking water and wastewater to 14 million customers, disclosed a breach of its computer networks and system due to a cybersecurity incident.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has created a new online portal for organizations to voluntarily report cybersecurity incidents, including ransomware attacks.
The New York State Department of Financial Services issued guidance for small businesses attempting to comply with its cybersecurity regulations.
The global average cost of a data breach jumped to an all-time high for the second year in a row, but companies can reel in the ballooning drag on profits by adopting artificial intelligence, according to an IBM report.
The U.S. Department of Energy released supply chain cybersecurity principles meant to help strengthen key technologies used to manage and operate electricity, oil, and natural gas systems.
UnitedHealth Group’s response to a major cyberattack in February that wreaked havoc with medical payments nationwide has been “inadequate” and must be improved immediately, a group of 22 state attorneys general told the company.
