Accenture, Dragos and SANS launch $10M program for small US utilities
Original title: Accenture, Dragos, SANS Launch $10M Initiative to Defend Small US Utilities
Up to 500 US water, electric and gas utilities under $100 million in revenue get free OT tools, hardware and training.
Accenture, Dragos and the SANS Institute announced the Community Cyber Resilience Foundation to help under-resourced US water, electric and natural gas utilities defend operational technology. They are putting up roughly $10 million in funding and services. The first phase covers up to 500 qualifying utilities with the Dragos Platform, hardware, Accenture deployment support and SANS ICS/OT training.
- A utility must be US-based and bring in under $100 million a year.
- That bar covers more than 50,000 organizations, over 97% of US utilities.
- Each participant gets the Dragos Platform, hardware and Accenture setup support.
- SANS will train staff so utilities can run defenses internally.
- Products
- Dragos Platform
- Organizations
- SANS InstituteCommunity Cyber Resilience Foundation
- Countries
- United States
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