Colin Ahern Archives

The Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant hums along in East Rockaway, New York, on July 1, 2019. (John Keating / Newsday RM via Getty Images)

New York unveils new cyber regulations for water treatment facilities

Drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities will be subject to a host of new cybersecurity regulations that state leaders are calling "first-in-nation."

Mar 11, 2026 By Colin Wood

LIPA power plant — The Long Island Power Authority power plant sits in Northport, New York, on Nov. 7, 2025. (John Paraskevas / Newsday RM via Getty Images)

‘You can’t separate the physical from the cyber,’ says New York’s first security and intelligence director

Colin Ahern, formerly New York state's chief cyber officer, has been appointed as its first director of security and intelligence.

Mar 3, 2026 By Colin Wood

The exterior of the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant is seen in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, January 5, 2020. The plant treats wastewater from more than 1 million people and is the largest of 14 wastewater facilities in New York City. (Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images)

New York proposes stronger cyber controls for water utilities

Water and wastewater utilities in New York State will for the first time be required to meet a host of basic cybersecurity requirements.

Jul 22, 2025 By Colin Wood

people standing in front of green light — (Getty Images)

Two state chief cyber officers on why they’re different from the CISO

The chief cyber officers of Louisiana and New York explained the difference between their jobs and a chief information security officer's.

Mar 8, 2023 By Benjamin Freed