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CISA Guide for Critical Infrastructure to Prepare for and Mitigate Foreign Influence Operations

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published a new Insights document, Preparing for and Mitigating Foreign Influence Operations Targeting Critical Infrastructure, which provides critical infrastructure owners and operators with guidance on how identify and mitigate the risks of influence operations using mis-, dis-, and malinformation (MDM) narratives from steering public opinion and impacting critical infrastructure and the National Critical Functions they support and depend upon.

CISA Releases New Resources for Securing Hazardous Chemical Supplies

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently announced the launch of a new voluntary chemical security initiative, known as ChemLock. This new security program offers facilities that possess dangerous chemicals no-cost services and tools to help them better understand the risks they face and improve their chemical security posture in a cost-effective manner.

CISA Publishes Guide to Enhance Personal Security of the Critical Infrastructure Workforce

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published the Personal Security Considerations fact sheet to assist personnel associated with ownership, operation, and maintenance of critical infrastructure by recommending basic security measures to reduce the threat of targeted violence. The U.S. continues to face a heightened and dynamic threat environment, with threat actors of all types espousing the desire to target critical infrastructure.

Ensuring Supply Chain Resilience in all Contingencies

In 2021, supply chain disruptions, catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic, impacted industries across the world. The water and wastewater sector was no stranger to these impacts, with many utilities having to adjust their operations as access to some supplies dwindled. Indeed, last summer WaterISAC reported on the Chlorine supply chain disruptions which affected many utilities.

New Flooding Model Examines every Potential Water Source that Could Contribute to Inland-Coastal Flooding

Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the College of William & Mary have developed the first three-dimensional operational storm surge model for inland coastal areas. Over the past few years, the scientists have adjusted their model based on new research and the current incarnation is known as the Semi-implicit Cross-scale Hydroscience Integrated System Model (SCHISM). The SCHISM receives multiple inputs that are important factors in flooding, including air-sea exchange, vegetation, sediment, and engineered structures.

Government Research on Mass Shootings over the Past Five Decades Reveals Common Traits of Attackers

The U.S. Justice Department’s National Institute of Justice (NIJ) recently published an article detailing the NIJ-supported and publicly available Violence Project Database that identifies common traits of individuals who engaged in mass shootings between 1966 and 2019. The database relied exclusively on open-source material, such as social media and newspapers, to construct a greater understanding of who mass shooters are and what motivates them.

U.S. Freshwater Reserves Depleting, according to Researchers

Freshwater reserves around the world are under significant stress and the storage capacity of already stressed basins is decreasing, according to researchers at the Global Institute for Water Security. With roughly one percent of the Earth’s freshwater supply accessible to the human population, researchers wanted to determine how increasing water stress would affect human life around the planet. The team analyzed 1,204 basins across the world to determine how water availability in conjunction with social processes produce vulnerability in communities.  

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