Aperture: A Claroty Podcast, Features WaterISAC to Discuss Oldsmar and Sector Cybersecurity

As the country continues discussing the cyber incident which occurred at the Oldsmar Florida Water Treatment Plant on February 5, 2021, it is important to continue highlighting the need for information sharing across the sector. Michael Mimoso, Aperture’s host and Claroty Editorial Director invited Water ISAC Managing Director Michael Arceneaux and Cyber Threat Analyst Jennifer Lyn Walker to discuss the incident, how it underscores the need for better information-sharing about incidents, and improved security hygiene inside critical infrastructure sectors such as water and wastewater.

Listen to the Aperture podcast for more, including:

• How utilities’ increased remote access requirements during the pandemic have increased the attack surface available to threat actors.
• Whether small water facilities have the cybersecurity training and resources they need to combat skilled attackers.
• How the public nature of this attack will impact information sharing, and what best practices organizations can follow to safely share attack data.