Cybersecurity

New bill would create a governing body for water system cyber standards

A measure led by two House Republicans would enable the Environmental Protection Agency to certify a governing body to develop and recommend cybersecurity requirements for water treatment and wastewater systems. Reps. Rick Crawford, R-Ark. and John Duarte, R-Calif. unveiled the Water Risk and Resilience Organization Establishment Act on Thursday, with the aim of creating an […]

Cybersecurity

DDoS Attacks on the Environmental Services Industry Surge by 61,839% in 2023

Jan 15, 2024NewsroomServer Security / Cyber Attack The environmental services industry witnessed an “unprecedented surge” in HTTP-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, accounting for half of all its HTTP traffic. This marks a 61,839% increase in DDoS attack traffic year-over-year, web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare said in its DDoS threat report for 2023 Q4 published […]

Cybersecurity

DDoS Attacks on the Environmental Services Industry Surge by 61,839% in 2023

Jan 15, 2024NewsroomServer Security / Cyber Attack The environmental services industry witnessed an “unprecedented surge” in HTTP-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, accounting for half of all its HTTP traffic. This marks a 61,839% increase in DDoS attack traffic year-over-year, web infrastructure and security company Cloudflare said in its DDoS threat report for 2023 Q4 published […]

Data Center

What Is LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)?

What is LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)? Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, more commonly known as LEED, is an environmentally oriented building certification program run by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). It aims to improve building and construction project performance across seven areas of environmental and human health: Use of integrative […]