# Indiana Strengthens Water Utility Cybersecurity

Indiana’s 2025 Senate Enrolled Act 459 expanded cybersecurity evaluation, incident-reporting, and state-contact requirements for many water and wastewater utilities. The changes create potential demand for cybersecurity assessments, managed security services, and operational-technology protection, particularly among locally operated utilities with limited resources and aging systems. The source identifies no open solicitation or committed state funding, so this is a developing market need rather than a current state procurement opportunity.

- Water and wastewater utilities affected by the act must address expanded cybersecurity requirements; service providers may find opportunities in assessments, incident reporting support, managed security, and operational-technology security.
- About 80% of water and wastewater infrastructure is run by local governments, making municipal procurement plans and utility budgets central to market access.
- Smaller utilities may face capacity and infrastructure constraints. Contractors should ground proposals in their operational needs and ability to support aging systems.
- No solicitation or committed funding is identified. Companies can use the requirements to inform engagement with utilities and track their procurement plans and legislative funding decisions.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Energy & Utilities
**Topics:** Cybersecurity, Regulatory Compliance
**Published:** November 08, 2026

### Government Entities
- Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM)
- Indiana Office of Cybersecurity
- Indiana General Assembly
- Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC)
- Tipton Municipal Utilities

### Key Quotes
> About 80% of water, wastewater infrastructure is run by local governments.
> — Chetrice Romero, Senior Cybersecurity Adviser at Ice Miller LLP

> We're able to use AI agents to comb through a lot of data quicker than really any human ever could.
> — Scott Miller, Director of Information Security at Citizens Energy Group

### Sources
- [Water utilities grapple with evolving cybersecurity risks - Daily Journal](https://dailyjournal.net/2026/11/08/water-utilities-grapple-with-evolving-cybersecurity-risks) - Daily Journal