Cybersecurity for Water Utilities with Dentons Partner Kyle Miller

Dave’s law partner at Dentons, Kyle Miller, is a cybersecurity and data privacy lawyer who provides a tremendous discussion on a wide range of cybersecurity issues for water utilities. Water utilities (and all critical infrastructure providers) will find Kyle’s in-depth knowledge and experience on cybersecurity and data privacy issues well worth the time investment.

In this session, you’ll learn about:

• Kyle’s background in cybersecurity and information technology before becoming a data privacy and cybersecurity lawyer
• Recent cybersecurity incidents involving water utilities
• Traditional profit-based cyber attacks and the rise of politically motivated attacks
• The reasons why utilities have difficulty with cybersecurity
• Why some utilities have a false sense of security over cybersecurity
• The cybersecurity vulnerabilities present in utilities
• Why the integration of information systems and operations systems presents a risk
• The regulation that wasn’t in 2023 (U.S. EPAs withdrawn regulation)
• The legal requirements of the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act that utilities need to be aware of
• Why utilities need to know the applicable regulations in advance (because you won’t have time to look them up during an incident)
• Two important members of the acronym soup of cybersecurity:
  • CISA: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
  • NIST: National Institute for Standards and Technology
• Kyle’s terrific “leave behind” message for water utilities on cybersecurity

Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:

• Kyle’s LinkedIn page
• Kyle’s bio on Dentons’ website
• CISA website
• NIST website

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