The Water Online Show: Trinnex

Water utilities already face aging infrastructure, regulatory demands, workforce shortages, and rising costs. Yet postponing cybersecurity investments can create even greater financial and operational risks. Cyber preparedness can influence borrowing costs, customer rates, and a utility’s ability to maintain critical services during an attack. It also extends well beyond the IT department, requiring treatment plant operators, customer service teams, finance staff, and critical vendors to understand their roles. Adam Simonsen explains why even small utilities must take ownership of cybersecurity and identifies practical, low-cost measures such as multifactor authentication, stronger password practices, and protecting SCADA and other operational technology systems from internet exposure.

Learn how utilities can strengthen resilience without losing sight of affordability.