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The Office of the Director of National Intelligence's Annual Threat Assessment 2026 makes clear that cyberspace is now a primary arena of conflict, with state and non-state actors actively targeting US interests. Foreign cyber operations pose a direct and persistent threat to government and private-sector networks, as adversaries blend espionage, disruption, and influence into coordinated campaigns. A link to the annual report is provided in the article.

Water and wastewater utilities are "always-on" lifeline services. When critical water infrastructure is disrupted the impacts cascade into public health risk, economic loss, and decreased community trust. A strategic security plan turns security from ad hoc fixes of these issues into a risk-based program that protects people, supports continuity of service, and prioritizes investments across a utility's full asset portfolio.

Rising concern over the source and destination of chips, and the components within them, is driving a global effort to tag them in a way that is permanent, immutable, and unclonable. While these types of efforts are gaining traction in the digital world, analog/mixed signal content in chips and systems lacks such tags. The absence of ID technology leaves them vulnerable to counterfeits and thus compromises the end system's performance