Does Your Water System Meet Cybersecurity Standards?
Our team is here to help your water district or municipality identify cybersecurity vulnerabilities, devise a plan for strengthening your defenses, and connect you with opportunities for grants and funds to make it happen.
Cyber threat actors are ACTIVELY exploiting water and wastewater technology. There are grants available now for water districts like yours to strengthen your cybersecurity.
- Does a cybersecurity expert monitor your network?
- Have you taken advantage of cybersecurity grants and funds from the EPA and CISA?
- Do you have an “instant backup” that could be restored to keep essential services available in the event of disaster?
Are you protected against cybercrime, ransomware, and other threats? Are you sure? You may have seen it in the news—cyber criminals are targeting water districts of every size across the U.S. in a string of unprecedented attacks. Now is the time to act.
EPA: Security Recommendations for the Water Sector
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the EPA issued a warning to the water sector concerning high-profile attacks on water districts across the nation. Threat actors are targeting the technology and IT equipment used in operations of water facilities.
“We’re too small to be a target for hackers!”
This is the most common explanation we hear from municipalities and utility providers who don’t currently invest in cybersecurity protections. Many assume they are not an attractive target to hackers because of their size. I can assure you that this is no longer the case.
A greater number of hackers and cybercriminals have been getting “into the game” in the past year. Why? Because it’s now easy to get the tools to go into “business” stealing from businesses and government agencies with malicious software. These tools can be readily purchased on the dark web by anyone with a browser.
What does this mean for you? It means that organizations that were previously “too small” for cyber criminals to target are now getting hit more than ever. Hackers cast a wide net to get as many small targets as possible because they know that their protections aren’t as strong as large organizations.
The case in point: large AND small water districts across the country have been compromised, even though the media focuses mainly on attacks targeting large districts. Over 70% of water systems surveyed since last September failed to meet cybersecurity standards, according to the EPA. We can help you apply for grants and funding to improve your security measures and keep your system safe.
These concerns are especially timely for government agencies and municipalities that provide crucial services. Foreign crime syndicates know that they can demand unreasonable ransom sums from municipalities in the U.S.—and they are acting on that.
Once you’re hit, it’s already too late.
I can’t overstate the consequences of these attacks: you provide essential services to the people of your community, and ransomware can threaten their delivery, as well as the everyday operations of your municipality.
Who am I and why should you listen to me?
My name is Trey David, Account Executive at Facet Technologies. I help organizations harden and safeguard their networks against ransomware attacks, data loss, and other disasters. Our team has over 30 years of experience in protecting organizations like yours from cyber crime and other threats to everyday operations.
Our customers trust us because we have a proven track record of outstanding customer service, and ALL of our customers, small to large, receive the same level of care and only the best security and monitoring products available. We even created our own monitoring solution to better serve our customers because we couldn’t find a pre-packaged solution that met our standards. We take security seriously for each one of our clients.
Don’t wait for an attack to take action.
We are offering complementary security assessments for local water districts in our area. This no-obligations service utilizes the EPA checklist attached, as well as over 50 additional points, and we present our findings in the form of an executive report.
Just visit facettech.com/water to sign up for the free assessment or call us direct at (309) 689-3900.
Even if you currently have an IT services company you work with, you can use this as a “second opinion” on cybersecurity protections so you know what questions to ask to make sure you’re fully secured.
Don’t wait for an attack to take action.
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