{"id":67555,"date":"2024-10-23T10:50:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T14:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=67555"},"modified":"2024-10-23T12:34:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T16:34:38","slug":"us-water-cybersecurity-critical-infrastructure-2024","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/radio\/us-water-cybersecurity-critical-infrastructure-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"How U.S. water infrastructure became a &#8216;huge&#8217; cyber target"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the latest episode of StateScoop\u2019s Priorities podcast, Samuel Alva, a technical adviser with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, explains the \u201chuge\u201d threat facing the nation\u2019s tens of thousands of water utilities, and what they can do to protect themselves. \u201cWater is a single point of failure. So that&#8217;s why it has been under attack,\u201d he says. CISA is among the organizations assisting the water sector, including by providing cybersecurity assessments of their operational technologies. Alva says it\u2019s a \u201cdaunting\u201d task helping thousands of utility operators become trained on a technical topic that hasn\u2019t traditionally been in their wheelhouse. But a promising cybersecurity training program in Kansas is gaining attention from other states, including California, Maryland and Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Top stories:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/local-election-offices-mapping-gis-data-esri-2024\/\">Local election offices tap map data to boost voter turnout and trust<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/stanford-university-santa-clara-county-clerk-racial-covenants-ai\/\">AI solved \u2018nearly impossible\u2019 task of finding racial covenants in county\u2019s real property deeds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/digital-service-network-tracker-2024\/\">New website tracks government\u2019s many digital services teams<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>New episodes of StateScoop\u2019s<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/statescoop.com\/priorities-podcast\/\"><em> Priorities Podcast<\/em><\/a><em> are posted each Wednesday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>For more of the latest news and trends across the state and local government technology community, subscribe to the Priorities Podcast on<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/priorities-podcast\/id1608407581\"><em> Apple Podcasts<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjEwNzg1MzM0NTQvc291bmRzLnJzcw\"><em> Google Podcasts<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/priorities_podcast\"><em> Soundcloud<\/em><\/a><em> or<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZS4S4kLpSebhUrEYBru9k\"><em> Spotify<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samuel Alva, a technical adviser with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, says aiding thousands of water utilities is a &#8220;daunting&#8221; 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