UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity
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UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity
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Helping society anticipate and address tomorrow's information security challenges, in order to amplify and extend the upside of the digital revolution.
Learn more about the Cyber Resilience Corps: cltc.berkeley.edu/program/cybe...

And learn how our Cyber Volunteers network is helping to seal the leak: www.cybervolunteers.us/en

#CyberCivilDefense #Take9
Cyber Resilience Corps - CLTC
The Cyber Resilience Corps is mobilizing a nationwide force of cyber volunteers to defend the organizations that power our communities—nonprofits, rural hospitals, schools, municipalities, and small b...
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September 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Learn more about the “The Roadmap to Community Cyber Defense: A Path Forward from the Cyber Resilience Corps” 🗺️​ cltc.berkeley.edu/publication/...
The Roadmap to Community Cyber Defense: A Path Forward from the Cyber Resilience Corps - CLTC
Community organizations — including nonprofits, hospitals, schools, local utilities, city governments, and small businesses — deliver vital services to the public, but they are often the least prepare...
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August 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Thank you once again to all of our fantastic speakers and everyone who made this event possible, especially @craignewmark.bsky.social and Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Okta for Good, and Google. org!!
July 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Read the full recap to discover more key insights and quotes from our fantastic roster of Summit speakers:

cltc.berkeley.edu/2025/07/23/f...
Four Key Learnings from the 2025 Cyber Civil Defense Summit - CLTC UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity
On June 11, 2025, CLTC hosted its third annual Cyber Civil Defense Summit at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. This was CLTC’s…
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July 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
📢 3) More outreach is needed to raise awareness and convey the value of free cybersecurity resources available to under-resourced public agencies.

🔐​ 4) Private companies can play a greater role in cyber civil defense, including by embracing secure-by-design principles.
July 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🤝​1) A ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to cybersecurity standards and resourcing often leaves smaller, underserved communities behind.

🏛️ 2) Cybersecurity regulation remains a rare area of bipartisan agreement within state legislatures, but funding remains the largest barrier.

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July 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Read the full article to learn more about the cybersecurity solutions becoming law in 2025 as well as Pierson's predictions for what's next in state-level cybersecurity policy: www.techpolicy.press/emerging-tre...
Emerging Trends in State Cyber Policy During the 2025 Legislative Session | TechPolicy.Press
UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity's Shannon Pierson considers legislation passed in 2025 to surface the trends across states.
www.techpolicy.press
July 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🏛️ 1. State government agencies were the primary focus of 2025 cybersecurity legislation.

🚌 2. K-12 cybersecurity is receiving greater legislative attention and investment.

🧑‍⚖️​ 3. Strengthening consumer protections is becoming a legislative priority, with some caveats.
July 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
💸 Read CLTC Senior Fellow @srpierson.bsky.social's analysis, “Slashing EPA funding may have downstream cybersecurity impacts on an already vulnerable water sector”: cltc.berkeley.edu/publication/...
Slashing EPA funding may have downstream cybersecurity impacts on an already vulnerable water sector - CLTC
America’s water and wastewater utilities rely on the Environmental Protection Agency for cybersecurity support and guidance. With the EPA’s funding on the Trump Administration’s chopping block, Americ...
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July 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Want to learn more?

💡 Read Aspen Digital’s latest blog, “Cybersecurity on Tap: Protecting Local Water Utilities from Digital Threats”:
www.aspendigital.org/blog/water-u...
Cybersecurity on Tap
As nation-state cyberattacks increase, small and rural water utilities in the US need urgent cybersecurity assistance and scalable support.
www.aspendigital.org
July 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
🤷 However, several panelists pointed out that many water utilities are unaware of these free resources or that some programs are tailored specifically for them. More work is needed to raise awareness and to convey the value of these free cybersecurity resources available to water systems.
July 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Dragos’s Community Defense Program: www.dragos.com/community/co...

The EPA’s Water Sector Cybersecurity Evaluation Program: www.epa.gov/waterresilie...

The EPA’s Cybersecurity Technical Assistance Program: www.epa.gov/waterresilie...
July 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
What Can be done?

🤝Speakers spotlighted initiatives that support water systems by providing free or discounted cybersecurity services. These included:

Cybersecurity Circuit Rider Program: nrwa.org/cybersecurit...

DEF CON Franklin: defconfranklin.com

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July 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM