The Government is bringing in tough new laws to strengthen the UK's defences against cyber attacks on essential public services and critical infrastructure.

Drinking water-only company, SES Water, has appointed Zero Trust Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) vendor, iboss as part of its five-year, £413.9 million strategic AMP8 business development and investment plan.

In an Expert Focus article for Water Briefing, Ketan Kothari, Client Services Manager – Water at engineering, technology and consulting services provider Expleo, explores the wave of challenges facing the UK water industry as it gears up for AMP8 and how data can help to address them.

Southern Water has published an update on its investigation relating to the illegal cyber attack at the start of this year.

The White House has issued an urgent warning to all US states of continuing cyber threats to water sector infrastructure.

Southern Water has issued an update confirming that a recent cyber attack could put some customer and employee data at risk.

Moody’s Investors Service is warning over the growing risks of cyber attacks for water and wastewater companies in a new sector comment paper. 

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.

In an Expert Focus article for WaterBriefing, Alain Dedieu, President, Water and Wastewater Segment at Schneider Electric, takes a look at how the water and wastewater industry can take steps to mitigate the risk of cyber attacks to its critical infrastructure.