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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Cyber Attacks

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Cyberattacks Against U.S. Water Supplies on the Rise: EPA Urges Utilities to Fortify Defenses

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The increasing threat of cyberattacks against U.S. water supplies has raised significant concerns among federal officials, who emphatically stress the need for utilities to bolster their cybersecurity measures. A recent...more

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EPA Enforcement Alert: It’s Critical for Community Water Systems to Review Cybersecurity Protections

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The Environmental Protection Agency earlier this week issued an enforcement alert, explaining cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities to community drinking water systems (CWSs) and actions needed by these systems in order...more

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White House Issues Dire Warning Regarding Drinking Water Supply and Wastewater System Cyberattacks

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The Biden-Harris Administration is redoubling its efforts to improve cybersecurity for the nation’s water systems. In March, the EPA and the White House issued a dire warning to state governors alerting them of the need to...more

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What You Need To Know About CISA’s Cybersecurity Guidance for the Water & Wastewater Sector

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CISA’s Incident Response Guide outlines ways in which WWS owners and operators can engage with federal agencies to prepare for, mitigate, and respond to cyber incidents, including best practices for incident response and...more

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Cybersecurity in 2024: Ten Top Issues to Consider

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As we enter the New Year, Wiley has looked back at the top cyber issues for 2023 and what they mean for 2024. Last year, we saw the rollout of the National Cybersecurity Strategy—which outlined a new era of cyber oversight—as...more

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EPA ‘Deletes’ Cybersecurity Safe Drinking Water Initiative

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In the 1970’s, a series of tests of community water systems across the country led to some disturbing findings; varied standards of water containment, transmission, and handling were resulting in substantial health risks to...more

Troutman Pepper

EPA Cybersecurity Rule Challenged by States and Water Systems Associations

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On July 25, Missouri, Arkansas, and Iowa (the states), along with intervenors American Water Works Association and National Rural Water Association (the water associations), petitioned the Eighth Circuit to review the U.S....more

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EPA Grants Could Leave Door Open for Cyberattacks and IP Theft

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The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rush to push billions of dollars of grant assistance to recipients has created the potential for devastating cyberattacks and intellectual property theft on water/wastewater...more

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Guidance for the ‘Burden of Cybersecurity Compliance’ Emerges

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Two months ago, the White House released its National Cybersecurity Strategy.  Since then, various government agencies have issued new cybersecurity guidance for certain critical infrastructure subsectors.  For example, the...more

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EPA Recommends Cybersecurity Improvements for Water Systems

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On March 3, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a memorandum to help improve the cybersecurity posture guarding the nation’s water filtration systems. The guidelines, developed with input from industry...more

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Water Cybersecurity? EPA Mandates Regulations to Prevent Cyberattacks on Public Water Systems

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EPA Aims to Mitigate Risk of Cyberattack on Public Water Systems On March 3, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its Memorandum Addressing Public Water System (PWS) Cybersecurity in Sanitary Surveys or...more

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Cyber Hygiene Now Part of Public Water System “Sanitary Survey” Check-Ups

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Public Water Systems (PWS) are now required to conduct cyber defense check-ups at the same time they conduct their routine “sanitary surveys,” according to a new requirement issued by the Environmental Protection Agency on...more

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Cyber Partnership or Regulation—What Lurks Beneath the Water “Surge”?

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Federal agencies have been actively looking at cyber threats to critical infrastructure. In a January 27 announcement the White House said: “it will extend the Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Cybersecurity Initiative to the...more

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Florida Water System Hack Highlights Challenges for Public Utility Cybersecurity

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Earlier this month, fears usually confined to dystopian novels and Hollywood movies were realized in Oldsmar, Florida when an unknown hacker breached the city’s water treatment system by successfully accessing its control...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights - February 2020 #4

Cancelled Teck Oil Sands Project Underscores Global Climate-Energy Policy Tension - "The Frontier project became the latest casualty in oil-producing countries with robust environmental movements agitating to cut...more

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Window On Washington - Vol. 3, Issue 7

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Congress: Congressional negotiators spent all last week and weekend working on a border security deal in an effort to avoid another partial government shutdown, but as of...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - December 2018 #2

Revised Definition of "Waters of the United States" - Proposed Rule - "The agencies' proposal is the second step in a two-step process to review and revise the definition of 'waters of the United States' consistent with...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights - April 2018 #2

U.S. Agencies Agree to Slash Approval Times for Infrastructure Projects - "More than a dozen federal agencies agreed to slash the time needed for environmental reviews and permitting on major infrastructure projects, a...more

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Energy Newsletter - October 2015

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FERC Shares Best Practices for Stakeholder Outreach in Gas Project Permitting - The dramatic increase in domestic energy production over the past several years has resulted in the involvement of the Federal Energy...more

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Energy Technology Connections Newsletter: Your Law Firm Link to Industry News - October 2015

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A Note from the Editors - Our October edition of Energy Technology Connections brings you recent industry highlights, the latest news from Capitol Hill, and a list of upcoming energy industry events. In Leaders in the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Policyholder Insider Quarterly

Five Lessons Health Care Companies Should Learn From Cyberattacks - The American health care industry is under attack by sophisticated hackers seeking access to electronic medical records. Since January, three health...more

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