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Strengthening Cybersecurity of Water Infrastructure through Legislative Actions
Abstract
Many water and wastewater utilities are vulnerable to cyberattacks and cyber intrusions. The COVID‐19 pandemic has exacerbated this weakness by moving water‐related employees to remote work, which has increased vulnerability to cyber threats. However, policymakers recognize the need to strengthen the cybersecurity resilience of water infrastructure, as evidenced by legislative activity. This article reviews four cases of recently adopted cybersecurity legislation at the federal and state levels. The empirical focus is on (1) the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, (2) the Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020, (3) the New Jersey Water Quality Accountability Act, and (4) the New York Water Supply Emergency Plans. The legislative review recapitulates the core components of these legislative efforts to amplify strategies for securing and improving water infrastructure.
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“The study found that the new legislative efforts have created more awareness and funding to enhance cybersecurity, but the implementation still faces enormous challenges, especially to smaller utilities with less technical and financial capability.”
From Cyber-Physical Risk Assessment for U.S. Water Utilities: A Comprehensive Analysis of SCADA and Operational Technology Vulnerabilities (2025) · cites this paper as You (2022)
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- Authors
- You, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
- Corresponding author
- You, Jongeun
- ORCID
- You, Jongeun
- Venue
- JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2022-02-25
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 282-288
- ISSN
- 1093-474X (ISSN-L)
- 1752-1688
- OpenAlex
- W4214607795
- Cited by
- 4
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1
- FWCI
- 2.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Information and Cyber Security
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
- Keywords
- cybersecurity law, water infrastructure, water utilities, cyberattacks, cyber resilience, remote work, COVID-19 pandemic, federal and state legislation
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