A deep dive into US GAO Critical Infrastructure Protection report

In our earlier blog US Electric Grid is “becoming more vulnerable to cyberattacks” says US GAO, we talked about US GAO assessment report [GAO-19-332] pertaining to Critical Infrastructure Protection at Electric Grids. In this blog, we will do a deep dive to better understand specifics from the report. For a high level overview of the […]

US Electric Grid is “becoming more vulnerable to cyberattacks” says US GAO

In an earlier blog article titled “Energy Sector at risk of Cyber Attacks”, we described an attack at a Western Utility company and how the attack leveraged a known software vulnerability for which a patch was available but not applied. The energy sector needs to pull up its socks as is evident from recent NIST […]

Understanding NIST CyberSecurity Practice Guide for Energy Sector Asset Management

In an earlier blog in May 2019 titled “Energy sector at risk of cyber attacks!”, we talked about how the energy sector is at the cusp of cyber attacks across the globe. This is a shared sentiment, as is evident from the recent special publication 1800-23 from NIST (link to complete publication for those interested) […]

Energy sector at risk of cyber attacks!

Energy is the all pervasive fuel which drives world economies. It is no wonder that hackers regularly target energy sector companies to cause massive disruption. In a report titled “The road to resilience: managing cyber risks”, Christoph Frei, Secretary General, World Energy Council said the following: Cyber threats are among top issues keeping energy leaders […]