The Israel Water Authority announced that it has chosen cybersecurity company SIGA to protect the country's water utilities against foreign cyberattacks.
According to its website, SIGA's technology is unique in that it monitors the "hardware" of a system rather than its software. The technology uses advanced electrical engineering and machine learning in order to "learn" a system's normal electric patterns, and then warn when it detects an anomaly, whether due to misuse, malfunctioning, or cyberattacks. This allows for the detection of threats at a very early stage and can give a system operator enough of a warning in order to solve the problem before significant harm has been perpetrated.
"As a result, the Israel Water Authority decided to strengthen the cyber defenses of the country’s water system. Now, the authority announces the selection of Israel’s SIGA OT (Operational Technology) Solutions and its SigaGuard system to counter cyber-threats to the machinery and equipment that comprise the critical infrastructure. SigaGuard also deals with ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure, which are even a more common threat these days," the report read.