Water and Wastewater Cybersecurity | CISA toolkit
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The CANADIAN CENTRE FOR CYBER SECURITY is pleased to highlight the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)'s most recent publication, a toolkit for water and wastewater organizations that may be of interest: Water and Wastewater Cybersecurity | CISA
Although the guidance on the website mainly focuses for the water and wastewater sector in the US, the Canadian Centre for Cybersecurity offers similar services to our Canadian partners:
- Cyber Alerts: Emails sent on an ad hoc basis that include an overview of current vulnerabilities and compromises discovered in widely used products and services.
- Cyber Flashes: Emails sent when there's an immediate or active security issue, compromise, or campaign that has a considerable impact on Canadian critical infrastructure.
- National Cyber Threat Notification System (NCTNS): Automatic notification system that informs you when a sign of compromise or a vulnerable service is seen on your IP space. Please note you will need to provide your external IP addresses to the Cyber Centre.
- Scorecards: Monthly PDF reports tell you about potential infections and vulnerable services on the IP address space used by your organization. They offer peer-based comparisons to other organizations within your sector to help you understand where you fit with respect to the rest of your industry.
- Canadian Cyber Security Tool (CCST) — a virtual self-assessment tool for an organization's cybersecurity posture where, upon completion, participants receive a report indicating strengths and weaknesses.
If you are not already onboarded to any of the above services and are interested, please contact water-par-eau@cyber.gc.ca or contact@cyber.gc.ca. The team provides guidance to help prevent, detect, respond to and recover from cyber incidents, along with their colleagues at the Cyber Incident team (cyberincident@cyber.gc.ca), who are ready to assist 24/7.
