Please join the Center of Excellence for Cybersecurity Risk Management and Resilience (CRC) and the Center for Assurance Research and Engineering (CARE) for "AI and Addressing Major Cyber Security Challenges in the Water Industry" Workshop, where industry leaders, government officials, AI and cybersecurity experts will come together to discuss opportunities and challenges arising from the rapid innovation of AI. The workshop will focus on CISA Region 3 (VA, PA, WV, DE, MD, DC).

Topics will include the interrelationship of AI and the buildout of data centers, and energy and water demand; AI use cases for water system optimization and monitoring; and the intersection of policy, emerging technology, and artificial intelligence in securing our nation's water systems.

This workshop will provide invaluable insights into the rapidly changing AI and technology landscape, and ramifications for water utilities and policy makers.

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George Mason’s Center of Excellence in Government Cybersecurity Risk Management and Resilience (CRC) was founded in November 2023. The Center of Excellence serves as a strategic partner in federal, state and local government cybersecurity and IT modernization efforts. CRC translates state-of-the-art research into practice, provides executive education and convenes workshops and conferences on current government cybersecurity and IT modernization challenges, disseminates best practices, and fosters cybersecurity and IT modernization organizational capacity within federal, state and local governments. Fore more information, please visit crc.gmu.edu

The College of Engineering and Computing at George Mason University hosts the Center for Assurance Research & Engineering (CARE).  CARE’s multidisciplinary approach to cybersecurity encompasses the fields of technology, policy, business and leadership. Through partnerships with government and private industry, innovative research is translated into practices and policies used in real-world settings. Research includes security for distributed systems, mobile apps/devices, industrial control systems, and new technologies such as networked medical devices, as well as policies development for securing critical infrastructure and guidance for cybersecurity leadership/governance. For more information, please visit care.gmu.edu