Security and Emergency Management
Security and Emergency Management Committee
- Support CWWA in its work with international and domestic security agencies e.g. Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC) to ensure all municipal systems have access to the latest security information;
- to provide the CWWA staff with guidance in developing a Security Network
2010 Priorities
- Participate in the planning of the International Water and Wastewater Security Incidents Workshop on May 28-29, 2009 in Calgary, Alberta and provide relevant topics and speakers for the workshop agenda;
- Participate in the planning of the annual Water Security Workshop planned in conjunction with the Window on Ottawa 2009;
- Provide one or two wastewater security experts for the ISO TC 224 WG 7 (water utilities crisis management);
- Continue to promote among CWWA members membership in the WaterISAC;
- Propose topics for future events (2010);
- Encourage CWWA members water and wastewater security officials to join the Water Protection Information Committee and Network.
Current News
- Security experts closely monitoring spread of new zero-day threat
On July 19-20, media reported that security experts are closely monitoring a zero-day flaw being used in targeted attacks against organizations worldwide, most notably on SCADA systems. Security experts are concerned that the threat could spread further. Concerns about additional attacks using the so-called "LNK" vulnerability in Windows machines via USB devices and fileshares prompted the SANS Internet Storm Center today to raise its Infocon alert level to "yellow," up from "green" (normal status). SANS decision to elevate the alert level was to help raise awareness of the vulnerability, which Microsoft officially revealed on Friday after security researchers reported finding new malware samples that could infect a Windows 7 machine via an infected USB drive. SANS' yellow alert indicates that it is tracking a significant, new threat, and that users should take "immediate specific action" to contain any impact of the threat.
Source article – Techworld, July 20, 2010
- Information Security - How effective is your ISMs? May 2010
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