The Biden administration announced Thursday the Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Cybersecurity Initiative will be extended to now include the water sector, marking the first major move to secure the nation’s water systems from cyberattacks.

Under the Water Sector Action Plan, the federal government over the next 100 days will collaborate with owners and operators in this critical infrastructure sector to deploy technologies and systems that provide cyber-related threat visibility, indicators, detections, and warnings.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...