On behalf of the American Water Works Association (AWWA), West Yost worked with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to integrate the AWWA Cybersecurity Tool with the Cyber Security Evaluation Tool (CSET®).
Both tools provide users with systematic and repeatable approaches for assessing cybersecurity posture of their cyber systems and networks. With this integration, a utility that starts with the AWWA Cybersecurity Tool can seamlessly upload the results to CSET for additional evaluation. CSET allows for a more detailed evaluation of current cybersecurity posture. This integration provides the next step for utilities to continue to mature their cybersecurity assessment practices.
Team Spotlight
Andrew Ohrt, PE
Risk and Resilience Lead (OTCR Principal Technical Specialist I)
Andrew Ohrt, PE
Risk and Resilience Lead (OTCR Principal Technical Specialist I)
“One day I was driving under the new 35W bridge on my regular morning commute into downtown Minneapolis. The new 35W bridge replaced the old bridge that collapsed one day during rush hour in 2007. After spending the first part of my career focused on environmental engineering, I was inspired to change my professional path. My new direction was critical infrastructure resilience to safeguard our communities and the systems that support them. As an environmental engineer, water sector resilience was a perfect fit. Luckily, a week later an unexpected opportunity to do just that emerged.
That was 8 years ago. Now I work with a talented team of cybersecurity and resilience professionals on driving innovation in the water sector. In December of 2020 West Yost formalized our partnership with Idaho National Laboratory (INL). I am energized daily by the opportunity to improve the cyber-resilience both individual of the sector through our partnership with Idaho National Laboratories (INL). Not everyone gets to say that, and it means a lot.”