Industries · UK & Europe

Water & Utilities

Compliance and resilience for essential utilities. ORCA Opti brings your risks, controls and AI governance into one living system of record, inside your Safe Zone.

Regulation

Aligned to UK regulation

ORCA Opti maps to the frameworks UK organisations are measured against, and keeps your evidence current.

UK GDPR & Data Protection Act 2018

Personal data obligations and ICO expectations, mapped and evidenced.

Cyber Essentials & Cyber Essentials Plus

The NCSC baseline controls many contracts now require, kept audit-ready.

NIS Regulations

Network and information systems duties for operators of essential services and digital providers.

ISO 27001

Information security management, pre-mapped to your controls.

AI governance

A practical path to safe, accountable AI aligned with the UK's pro-innovation approach.

UK & EU data residency

Keep data in your Safe Zone, hosted in the UK or the EU under the EU Data Boundary, with residency you can demonstrate.

For Water & Utilities across the UK and Europe

See ORCA Opti for UK & European Water and Utilities

Water and wastewater operators across the UK and EU now sit squarely under NIS Regulations, NIS2, the EU Drinking Water Directive, Ofwat, the Drinking Water Inspectorate and a steady drumbeat of cyber attacks on water systems globally. ORCA Opti brings sector regulation, OT controls and incident readiness into one Pan-European programme.

NIS, NIS2 and CER ready

Operator of Essential Services, NIS2 essential-entity and EU CER Directive obligations mapped to controls and current evidence.

Customer and operational data in the Safe Zone

Customer billing, AMI and operational data inside the Safe Zone with UK and EEA residency, plus AI Guardian for all AI workflows.

Ofwat, DWI and EU directives

Ofwat security and resilience expectations, Drinking Water Inspectorate evidence and EU Drinking Water and Urban Waste Water directives assembled.

OT, SCADA and AMI hardened

Water-sector SCADA, AMI smart-meter and treatment plant OT mapped to IEC 62443 with continuous evidence.

The pressure

What water operators face

Global cyber attacks on water, NIS2 oversight stepping up and climate-driven resilience expectations all converging on lean OT teams.

Cyber attacks on water systems

Water-sector cyber attacks have grown sharply globally, including in the UK and EU. NIS2 and CER both put resilience at the top of the agenda.

Ofwat resilience and PR24

Ofwat resilience expectations and the PR24 framework expect demonstrable evidence of cyber and operational resilience for every undertaker.

Customer and AMI data privacy

Customer billing and AMI smart-meter data sit under UK and EU GDPR. Marketing and analytics use of this data must be governed and consented.

Climate resilience and CSRD

Investors, regulators and the EU CSRD expect water-sector climate transition and adaptation disclosures backed by evidence.

Frameworks built in

Sector regulator and international baseline

ORCA Opti ships with the standards UK and European water-utilities run on. Controls pre-mapped, evidence structured and reporting current.

Ofwat & DWI

Ofwat resilience and licence conditions plus Drinking Water Inspectorate compliance evidence in one programme.

NIS, NIS2 & CER Directive

UK NIS Regulations, EU NIS2 essential-entity and Critical Entities Resilience obligations mapped.

IEC 62443 & ISA 99

Operational technology controls applied across water and wastewater treatment, distribution and AMI.

UK GDPR & EU GDPR

Customer and AMI data handling with breach notification supported across UK and EEA in one model.

ICO, NCSC & national CERT reporting

ICO breach notification, NCSC reporting and EU national CERT coordination workflows pre-built.

ISO 27001 & ISO 22301

Information security plus business continuity management for resilience-led sector expectations.

See ORCA Opti for Water & Utilities in UK & Europe.

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