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class=\"single-article__header-content\" readability=\"33.235294117647\">\n<p> The Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act would expand USDA\u2019s Circuit Rider Program. <\/p>\n<p>  <br \/>\n<audio id=\"audio-player\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-tts-cdn.api.scpnewsgrp.com\/cyberscoop\/83860\/english.openai.mp3\"><\/audio> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>0:00<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tts-tooltip\">Learn more.<\/span> <span> This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/water-utilities-would-get-cybersecurity-boost-under-bipartisan-senate-bill.jpg?resize=640%2C360&ssl=1\" 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a boost to their cybersecurity defenses under a bipartisan Senate bill that a pair of lawmakers re-introduced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Mike Rounds, R-S.D., are taking another swing at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/senate-bill\/1018\/cosponsors?s=1&r=52\">Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act<\/a> after the legislation <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/US\/bill\/SB2388\/2023\">stalled out in the 118th Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would update and expand the Department of Agriculture\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rd.usda.gov\/programs-services\/water-environmental-programs\/circuit-rider-program-technical-assistance-rural-water-systems\">Circuit Rider Program<\/a>, which provides technical assistance to rural water systems. The lawmakers\u2019 legislation calls on the program to develop protocols to bolster water systems\u2019 cyber defenses and provide additional aid to improve protections.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cortezmasto.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/cortez-masto-leads-two-bipartisan-bills-to-support-disaster-preparedness-and-cybersecurity-for-rural-water-systems\/\">press release<\/a> announcing the bill, just 20% of water and wastewater systems across the country have basic cyber protections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAs our near-peer adversaries continue to utilize cyberattacks, we must have cybersecurity safeguards in place to protect our critical infrastructure such as water systems,\u201d Rounds said in a statement. \u201cOur legislation would modernize and expand the Circuit Rider Program, providing cybersecurity-related technical assistance to rural water and wastewater systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A year ago, the Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/epa-water-threats-governors\/\">issued warnings to U.S. governors<\/a> about \u201cdisabling\u201d cyberattacks that targeted water systems throughout the United States, while pushing local authorities to devote more resources to protecting the utilities. Just over six months later, the New Jersey-based <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/american-water-works-cyber-ransomware\/\">American Water Works Company was hit with a cyberattack<\/a>, though there was no impact to water services.<\/p>\n<p>The bill from Cortez Masto and Rounds is supported by the National Rural Water Association, Rural Community Assistance Partnership and Cyber Solarium 2.0.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese water systems face real and immediate threats from both criminals and nation state actors that can have consequences on national security, economic productivity and public health and safety,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/defensescoop.com\/author\/rear-adm-ret-mark-montgomery\/\">Rear Adm. (Ret.) Mark Montgomery<\/a>, executive director of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, said in a statement. \u201cThe existing circuit rider program that this leverages is a proven vehicle for delivering security solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"4.5762711864407\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"15\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/water-utilities-would-get-cybersecurity-boost-under-bipartisan-senate-bill-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Matt Bracken\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Matt Bracken<\/h4>\n<p> Matt Bracken is the managing editor of FedScoop and CyberScoop, overseeing coverage of federal government technology policy and cybersecurity. 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The Biden administration and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are warning states of possible cyberattacks on water systems after recents attacks including one by the Cyber Av3ngers, a group linked to the Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, that targeted internet-facing programmable logic controllers at Pennsylvania\u2019s Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa. 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