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US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements

United States (EPA)
vSDWA section 1433 as amended by AWIA 2018 section 2013 (P.L. 115-270); US Code 2024 edition, no later amendment
3 domains
16 controls

The enforceable US federal cybersecurity duty for drinking water: Safe Drinking Water Act section 1433 as rewritten by America's Water Infrastructure Act 2018 requires every community water system serving more than 3,300 people to assess the risks to and resilience of its system, including its electronic, computer and automated systems and their security, certify to EPA, review every five years, and keep an emergency response plan with cybersecurity strategies, response procedures, mitigation and detection. EPA enforces it under section 1414; the 2023 sanitary survey cybersecurity interpretation was withdrawn.

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US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements is a compliance framework from United States (EPA) with 3 domains and 16 controls that map to 178 other frameworks. The largest domains are SDWA 1433(a) Risk and resilience assessment – US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements (8 controls), SDWA 1433(b) Emergency response plan – US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements (5 controls), SDWA 1433(c), (d) and (f) Coordination, records and alternative programs – US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements (3 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.

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Framework Domains (3)

SDWA 1433(a) Risk and resilience assessment – US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements

8 controls
Controls in the SDWA 1433(a) Risk and resilience assessment – US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements domain of US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements: 8 controls
CodeTitle
us-epa-safe-drinking-water-act-sdwa-cybersecurity-requirements::1433(a)(1)(A)(i)SDWA 1433(a)(1)(A)(i) Assess risk from malevolent acts and natural hazards
us-epa-safe-drinking-water-act-sdwa-cybersecurity-requirements::1433(a)(1)(A)(ii)SDWA 1433(a)(1)(A)(ii) Assess resilience of assets, including electronic, computer and automated systems and their security
us-epa-safe-drinking-water-act-sdwa-cybersecurity-requirements::1433(a)(1)(A)(iii)SDWA 1433(a)(1)(A)(iii) Assess monitoring practices
us-epa-safe-drinking-water-act-sdwa-cybersecurity-requirements::1433(a)(1)(A)(iv)SDWA 1433(a)(1)(A)(iv) Assess financial infrastructure
us-epa-safe-drinking-water-act-sdwa-cybersecurity-requirements::1433(a)(1)(A)(v)SDWA 1433(a)(1)(A)(v) Assess the use, storage and handling of chemicals
us-epa-safe-drinking-water-act-sdwa-cybersecurity-requirements::1433(a)(1)(A)(vi)SDWA 1433(a)(1)(A)(vi) Assess operation and maintenance
us-epa-safe-drinking-water-act-sdwa-cybersecurity-requirements::1433(a)(3)(A)SDWA 1433(a)(3)(A) Certify the assessment to EPA by the statutory deadline
us-epa-safe-drinking-water-act-sdwa-cybersecurity-requirements::1433(a)(3)(B)SDWA 1433(a)(3)(B) Review the assessment every five years and recertify

SDWA 1433(b) Emergency response plan – US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements

5 controls
Controls in the SDWA 1433(b) Emergency response plan – US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements domain of US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements: 5 controls
CodeTitle
us-epa-safe-drinking-water-act-sdwa-cybersecurity-requirements::1433(b)SDWA 1433(b) Prepare the emergency response plan and certify within six months
us-epa-safe-drinking-water-act-sdwa-cybersecurity-requirements::1433(b)(1)SDWA 1433(b)(1) Resilience strategies and resources, including physical security and cybersecurity
us-epa-safe-drinking-water-act-sdwa-cybersecurity-requirements::1433(b)(2)SDWA 1433(b)(2) Response plans, procedures and equipment
us-epa-safe-drinking-water-act-sdwa-cybersecurity-requirements::1433(b)(3)SDWA 1433(b)(3) Actions that obviate or lessen impact
us-epa-safe-drinking-water-act-sdwa-cybersecurity-requirements::1433(b)(4)SDWA 1433(b)(4) Detection strategies

SDWA 1433(c), (d) and (f) Coordination, records and alternative programs – US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements

3 controls
Controls in the SDWA 1433(c), (d) and (f) Coordination, records and alternative programs – US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements domain of US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements: 3 controls
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us-epa-safe-drinking-water-act-sdwa-cybersecurity-requirements::1433(c)SDWA 1433(c) Coordinate with local emergency planning committees
us-epa-safe-drinking-water-act-sdwa-cybersecurity-requirements::1433(d)SDWA 1433(d) Keep the assessment and plan for five years
us-epa-safe-drinking-water-act-sdwa-cybersecurity-requirements::1433(f)(1)SDWA 1433(f)(1) Alternative route: comply with an EPA-recognized technical standard and certify

Your Compliance Coverage

If you comply with US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements, you already cover:

Maps to 178 other frameworks

23 total controls
ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents
2 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
9%
GLBA
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
9%
India CERT-In Cyber Security Directions 2022
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
9%
Monetary Authority of Singapore Technology Risk Management Guidelines
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
9%
Open Banking Security
2 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
9%
PSD2 SCA
2 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
9%
FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT)
2 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
9%
IEC 62351 - Power Systems Communication Security
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
9%
FTC GLBA Safeguards Rule (16 CFR Part 314)
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
9%
IMO Maritime Cybersecurity Guidelines (MSC-FAL.1/Circ.3/Rev.4)
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
9%
ITU-T X.805 - Security Architecture for End-to-End Communications
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
9%
MTCS (Singapore)
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
9%
NIST Privacy Framework
2 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
9%
9%
O-RAN WG11 Security Specification
2 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
9%
Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) Release 2026
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
9%
ASIS SPC.1-2009 - Organizational Resilience Standard
2 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
9%
APRA CPS 234
2 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
9%
HKMA SPM
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
9%
Nevada Gaming Control Board Cybersecurity Requirements
2 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
9%
OSFI B-13
2 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
9%
Vietnam Law on Cybersecurity (No. 116/2025/QH15)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Vermont Data Privacy and Online Surveillance Act
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
USMCA Chapter 19 - Digital Trade (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
US Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) - Higher Education Safeguards Rule
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
ISO/IEC 27011:2024
1 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
4%
CISA Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPG) 2.0
1 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
4%
ISO/IEC 27010:2015
1 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
4%
API 1164
1 source controls mapped|8 target controls covered
4%
US Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSC) Manufacturer and Importer Duties
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
IEEE 1686
1 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
4%
ISMAP (Japan)
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
Laos Law on Prevention and Combating Cybercrime (2015)
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
MITRE ATT&CK
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
MITRE D3FEND
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
Myanmar Cybersecurity Law (2023)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
NERC CIP
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
NIST SP 800-123
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
NIST SP 800-144
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
NIST SP 800-145
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
NIST SP 800-146
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
NIST SP 800-61 Rev. 3
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
NIST SP 800-63-4
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
NIST SP 800-88
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
NIST SP 800-92
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
Oman National Cybersecurity Framework
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
OWASP MASVS
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
OWASP SAMM
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
PTES
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
SIG (Shared Assessments)
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
SLSA
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
ISO/IEC 29115:2013 - Entity Authentication Assurance Framework
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
ISO/IEC 27400:2022
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
APPI
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
BSI IT-Grundschutz
1 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
4%
Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
AML/CTF Act 2006 (Australia)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Bank Secrecy Act / Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
ISO/IEC 23837:2023
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Armenia Law on Protection of Personal Data (2015)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Switzerland New Federal Act on Data Protection (nFADP/nDSG, 2023)
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
Bahrain PDPL
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
FDA 21 CFR Part 11
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
FIDO2 / WebAuthn
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
FISMA
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
Florida Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR)
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
Ghana Cybersecurity Act
1 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
4%
GLI-33 - Gaming Laboratories International Event Wagering Systems
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
HITECH Act
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
HL7 FHIR Security Framework
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) Standards Manual
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
ICAO Annex 17 - Aviation Security (AVSEC)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Indonesia PDP Law
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
Iowa Consumer Data Protection Act
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
Jamaica Data Protection Act 2020
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
South Korea PIPA
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
MARS-E
1 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
4%
MDS2 (Medical Device)
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
NAIC Insurance Data Security Model Law (MDL-668)
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
New Hampshire Data Privacy Act
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
NIST SP 800-122
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
NIST SP 800-137
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
NIST SP 800-66
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
OpenSSF Scorecard
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Oregon Consumer Privacy Act
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
OWASP DevSecOps Maturity Model (DSOMM)
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications 2025
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
OWASP Top 10:2025
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
PDPA Singapore
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
PDPA Thailand
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
Personal Data Act (personopplysningsloven)
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
Privacy Act 2020
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
Regulation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Secure by Design: A Guide for Manufacturers (CISA)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Sigstore - Software Artifact Signing and Verification
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
TISAX - Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) - E-Commerce Chapter
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Uruguay DPL
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
Barbados Data Protection Act 2019
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
ISO/IEC 30111:2019
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
COSO Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Canada ITSG-33 - IT Security Risk Management
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
APRA CPS 230 Operational Risk Management
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
FedRAMP Rev 5
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
FIRST CSIRT Services Framework and Standards
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
4%
India DPDP Act
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Japan FSA Cybersecurity Guidelines for Financial Institutions
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
Law No. 172-13 on the Protection of Personal Data
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Ecuador Ley Orgánica de Protección de Datos Personales (LOPDP)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
LGPD
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Liechtenstein DPA
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Malaysia PDPA 2010
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
Mauritius DPA
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Mexico LFPDPPP
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Nebraska Data Privacy Act
1 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
4%
New Jersey Data Privacy Act
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 (NDPA)
1 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
4%
Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Nigeria Open Banking Regulatory Framework (CBN, 2023)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
NRF Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Framework (National Retail Federation)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
UK Gambling Commission LCCP and Remote Technical Standards
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
UK GDPR (UK General Data Protection Regulation)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Turkey KVKK
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Trinidad and Tobago Data Protection Act 2011
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
TSA Pipeline Cybersecurity Directives
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Tanzania Personal Data Protection Act 2022
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Taiwan PDPA
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Qatar DPL
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
POPIA
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Peru DPL
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
Papua New Guinea National Cybersecurity Policy & Cybercrime Act (2016)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Pakistan Personal Data Protection Bill 2023
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
UK FCA/PRA Operational Resilience Framework
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
South Africa Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
UK AI Regulation Framework
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
SASB Standards
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
OECD AI Principles
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Japan AI Guidelines
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
IRM/AIRMIC/ALARM A Risk Management Standard (2002)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
IEEE 7000
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
HKMA Cyber Resilience Assessment Framework (C-RAF)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
ISO/IEC 27031:2011
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
BS 65000:2014 - Guidance on Organizational Resilience
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
ISO/IEC 27007:2020
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
UK Open Banking Standard
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
Singapore Government Instruction Manual on ICT&SS Management (IM8)
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
PCI PIN Security
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
PCI SSF
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
FFIEC IT Examination Handbook
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
COBIT 2019
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
SOC 2
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
UK Security and Emergency Measures Direction (SEMD) - Water Industry
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
ITIL 4
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
PCI P2PE
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (SOCI)
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
DAMA-DMBOK2 - Data Management Body of Knowledge (2nd Edition)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
ISO/IEC 25012:2008 - Data Quality Model
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
SSAE 18 - Attestation Standards (SOC Reporting)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%

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What is US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements and who does it apply to?

US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements is a compliance framework from United States (EPA) with 3 domains and 16 controls. The enforceable US federal cybersecurity duty for drinking water: Safe Drinking Water Act section 1433 as rewritten by America's Water Infrastructure Act 2018 requires every community water system serving more than 3,300 people to assess the risks to and resilience of its system, including its electronic, computer and automated systems and their security, certify to EPA, review every five years, and keep an emergency response plan with cybersecurity strategies, response procedures, mitigation and detection. EPA enforces it under section 1414; the 2023 sanitary survey cybersecurity interpretation was withdrawn. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

What does US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements actually require?

US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements has 16 controls organised across 3 domains. The largest domains are SDWA 1433(a) Risk and resilience assessment – US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements (8 controls), SDWA 1433(b) Emergency response plan – US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements (5 controls), SDWA 1433(c), (d) and (f) Coordination, records and alternative programs – US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements (3 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.

If I already comply with another framework, how much of US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements do I already cover?

US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements maps to 178 other compliance frameworks. The top mapping partners are ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents (9% coverage), GLBA (9% coverage), India CERT-In Cyber Security Directions 2022 (9% coverage). Use our comparison tool to explore control-level mappings between frameworks.

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