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House committee advances bill requiring water and wastewater systems to report cyber intrusions
Summary
The House Environmental Affairs Committee passed Senate Bill 459, amended to add wastewater systems and to set a two-business-day reporting window for certain cyber incidents; the bill also requires annual vulnerability assessments and authorizes rulemaking on treated-wastewater reclamation.
Senate Bill 459, which would require water and wastewater utilities to report certain cybersecurity incidents to state agencies and perform annual vulnerability assessments, passed the Indiana House Environmental Affairs Committee on a 13-0 roll call Tuesday.
The measure, presented by Senator Niemeyer and supported by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, adds wastewater systems to existing proposals, establishes a two-tiered incident-reporting timeline and directs the Environmental Rules Board to consider rules for reclamation of treated wastewater.
Jake Tory, legislative director for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, told the committee the bill grew from cybersecurity problems discovered last summer when a hacker accessed controls at a Tipton-area water system. "Thankfully, it was during regular business hours and a technician was there and saw something on the controls kind of going haywire and was able to switch it over to…
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