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Accenture, Dragos, SANS Launch $10M Initiative to Defend Small US Utilities

Accenture, Dragos and the SANS Institute on Tuesday announced the Community Cyber Resilience Foundation, which aims to help under-resourced US water, electric and natural gas utilities protect their operational technology (OT) environments.

They are putting up roughly $10 million to start, a mix of funding and services. The first phase will cover up to 500 utilities, which will get free security tools, equipment, deployment help and training.

To qualify, a water, wastewater, electric or natural gas utility must be based in the US and bring in under $100 million a year. The companies estimate that this bar covers more than 50,000 organizations, or over 97% of US utilities.

Each participant gets the Dragos Platform and related services, with Accenture handling setup, integration and continued support. SANS will train utility staff in ICS/OT security so they can run their defenses internally.

The foundation will also fund the hardware needed to deploy...

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