In Person Events
- Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 3:50pm – 4:50pm, 2025 PNCWA State Conference and Short School, Linn County Expo Center, Albany, Oregon, USA. Join Dr. Kenneth Crowther for an in-depth training on securing digital systems in water utilities.
- AWWA ACE show, Xylem booth #2644, Denver, Colorado, USA
- Tuesday, June 10, 11:30 MDT, Xylem booth #2644: Dr. Kenneth Crowther, Xylem Product Security Leader, will present on “Securing the Flow: Enhancing Water Utility Cybersecurity with Cloud-Based Solutions”, where attendees will be able to discover how secure cloud-based remote analytics and SCADA systems can enhance your water utility’s cybersecurity, operational resilience, and cost savings, while ensuring the safe delivery of water to your community.
- Wednesday, June 11, 1:30 MDT-4:10, Room 603: Dr. Kenneth Crowther will be a co-presenter for AWWA’s Cyber Security and the Circular Economy, where attendees can learn about: The integration of cybersecurity into the circular economy is vital in ensuring the transition toward circular practices in Industry 4.0. This presentation addresses the relationship between cybersecurity and the circular economy from economic, social, and environmental perspectives: Cybersecurity plays a significant role in enhancing process control and reducing uncertainty in industrial decision-making.
- Tuesday, June 24, 2025, time TBA, 2025 IEEE International Conference on AI and Data Analytics (ICAD 2025), Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts USA. Join Dr. Kenneth Crowther and Pietro Aldo Refosco to learn about Automating Voice of Customer Analysis with AI Workflows Built on a GPT-4o-Mini Model.
Written Communications and News
Blogs, Press Releases, Articles and Whitepapers
- August 2024 - Hardening the Internet of Things: Toward Designing Access Control For Resource Constrained IoT Devices
- November, 2023 - Adaptive Security: Certificate and Key Rotation for Firmware Integrity - You must be a member of IEEE in order to access the complete article
- May, 2023 - Cybersecurity for Entrepreneurs: Product Security for Entrepreneurs Selling Digital Products or Services - You must be a member of SAE in order to access the complete article for no additional charge
- March 2023 - Securing Water Utilities with AWS - A Bluefield Research interview with Nick Nedostup and Amazon Web Services
- January, 2023 - Securing Over-the-Air Firmware Updates (FOTA) for Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) Devices - You must be a member of IEEE in order to access the complete article
- July 2022 - Replace 'Air Gap' Cybersecurity With a Multibarrier Approach - You must be a member of AWWA in order to access the complete article
- May 2022 - Cybersecurity in a Digital Water and Infrastructure World
- May 2022 - Cybersecurity: A Marathon, Not a Sprint – Water Online
- April 2022 - CISA Expands the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative to Include Industrial Control Systems Expertise – Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
- October 2021 - Xylem, Dragos Partner to Bring Cybersecurity Leadership to Water Utilities
Making Waves
- January 2025 - 5 ways to maintain water infrastructure cybersecurity while going digital
- April 2024 - Knowing beats wondering: Steps to cybersecurity success
- April 2024 - How a proactive stance can help utilities stay cyber secure
- October 2023 - Global cyber challenges need global solutions: How utilities are becoming cyber-savvy
- August 2023 - Managing the changing tides of cybersecurity
- August 2023 - How tech can modernize, optimize, and protect
- January 2022 - Human machine interface (HMI) or hacker machine interface?
- October 2021 - Start Planning Today For Smart Incident Response
Cybersecurity Product Brochures
Videos, Webinars, and Conference Recordings
- May 2023 - Preventing Cyber Attacks
- January 2023 - Podcast: Cybersecurity in the Water Sector & How Utilities Can Be Prepared
- November 2022 - Texas Cyber Summit on Securing Over the Air Firmware Updates (FOTA) for IIOT
- October 2021 - Weftec: Behind the Scenes of Securing Digital Solutions
- October 2021 ICS Security Month in Review with Clay Carter
- September 2021 - Collaborating to assess water system cybersecurity
- March 2021 - Building Cyber Security in the Water and Wastewater Industry - SANS ICS Security Summit
External Threat information sources
ISAC: Membership in the Water Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC), the international security network created by and for the water and wastewater sector. As a cybersecurity partner, you can learn more about security preparedness at www.waterisac.org
CISA
NIST
- Cybersecurity Activities Overview
- National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
- National Vulnerabilities Database
- Cybersecurity Framework
- ENISA (European Union Agency for cybersecurity)
- Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3)
- CERT-EU (Computer Emergency Response Team for the EU)