Water and wastewater utilities keep our communities healthy and our economies moving, yet recent headlines show how quickly a single cyber incident can disrupt these vital services. Researchers report a surge of attacks on U.S. infrastructure in 2025, with water utilities singled out for exploitation of outdated systems and limited security staffing.

Regulators and lawmakers are responding. New EPA guidance outlines practical steps for small and mid-sized utilities to harden their networks, while the bipartisan Water Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2025 proposes funding and training to close critical gaps. But compliance alone is not enough. Utilities need automated, real-time protection that stops threats before they interrupt treatment plants, pumps, or billing systems.

Join Our Live Webinar

Title: Securing the Water Sector: Actionable Network Protection with ThreatSTOP

Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET

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You’ll hear from:

  • Dr. Paul Mockapetris, inventor of DNS and ThreatSTOP Chief Scientist, on why DNS is the first line of protection for critical infrastructure

  • Tom Byrnes, ThreatSTOP CEO, on the top vulnerabilities water utilities face today

  • Bryon Black, IT Manager at South Coast Water District, on the measurable gains his team achieved with ThreatSTOP

  • Tracy Kinney, WaterISAC, opening the session on our shared commitment to utility resilience

 

How ThreatSTOP Delivers Utility-Scale Protection

Protective DNS

  • DNS Defense Cloud routes your resolver traffic through ThreatSTOP’s globally distributed DNS service, blocking malicious domains before they reach control systems or employee devices.

  • DNS Defense brings the same proactive intelligence to the DNS servers you already own, giving you on-premise control with cloud-speed updates.

IP Defense

Whether you manage firewalls, routers, SCADA networks, or an AWS WAF, IP Defense applies curated block lists that stop command-and-control beacons, peer-to-peer traffic, phishing call-backs, and more—without manual rule wrangling.

All three products are powered by the ThreatSTOP Security, Intelligence, and Research team. Our analysts track command and control infrastructure, DDoS staging hosts, spam campaigns, data-exfiltration tunnels, and emerging invalid traffic every hour. Your policy updates arrive automatically, so you can focus on plant operations instead of chasing indicators.

Real Results, Real Simplicity

South Coast Water District reduced alert fatigue, gained instant visibility into device-to-domain lookups, and tightened change-control windows—all with a deployment measured in hours, not weeks. Their experience proves that even resource-constrained teams can achieve enterprise-grade protection.

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Ready to Strengthen Your Utility?

For those interested in joining the ThreatSTOP family, or to learn more about our proactive protections for all environments, we invite you to visit our product page. Discover how our solutions can make a significant difference in your digital security landscape. We have pricing for all sizes of customers! Get started with a Demo today!

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