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Cybersecurity Warning: Why Should You Care?

In light of the CISA's recent warning regarding cyber attacks against PLCs, SitePro's Sean Simmons explains why this may be more relevant than some operators realize.
Sean's CISA Cybersecurity Memo
Sean Simmons
Sean Simmons
August 17, 2026

Are you a rural water district, municipality, energy operator, or other critical infrastructure provider?

Do you take pride in protecting your automation system from bad actors?

Hint: you should.

The CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) recently published an advisory detailing how hostile cyber actors are actively targeting internet-connected programmable logic controllers (PLCs) across U.S. infrastructure.

The key phrase there is internet-connected PLCs.

“But Sean…why would I worry about this?”

Because critical infrastructure operators are actively being targeted, and the architecture behind your automation system matters just as much as the equipment in the field.

Fun fact of the day: Remote automation does not require exposing critical control equipment directly to the public internet.

“Ok Sean, you’ve made your point. Is there a solution out there that isn’t exposed?”

Yes, yes there is!

SitePro is an intelligent control platform that earned the National TechConnect Defense Innovation Award in 2022 after being evaluated by the Department of Defense and other U.S. national security agencies. It’s designed specifically for operators who cannot afford to treat cybersecurity as an afterthought.

The SitePro platform gives operators a secure, centralized way to monitor and control distributed infrastructure without relying on public-facing PLCs, open control ports, shared credentials, or loosely managed remote-access methods.

Read the CISA advisory.

Then, if you want to see how SitePro can SECURELY connect, monitor, and control your infrastructure, contact our team to schedule a technical demo.

We’ll walk you through the architecture, field connectivity, and security model that sets SitePro apart. No boring, generic sales presentation.

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