NACWA in the News

Now more than ever, in the backdrop of heightened cyber risks, critical infrastructure operators have to band together. They can’t turn to the federal government to defend them against cyber threats.

The onus of defending their critical assets from cyber attacks is on the operators of critical infrastructure facilities because no government entity can or will defend them. Government entities may offer support at varying levels by sharing information about threats left-of-boom or investigating crimes right-of-boom. Still, critical infrastructure operators can’t rely on that support—it’s not enough to safeguard them against the cyber threats of today. Complicating matters more, critical infrastructure operators are generally not equipped to defend themselves against increasingly sophisticated and aggressive cyber attackers, primarily because they lack the funds to do so. Read more