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Cyber Security Challenges of EU's Energy Sector
Dr. Evangelos Ouzounis, HoU - Secure Infrastructures and Services Brussels, 11.10.2018
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Energy and ICT – a great future
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.. with interesting past
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• The number and frequency of attacks is increasing• Sophistication level is increasing• Expertise required to launch an attack is decreasing, ie more people can
effectively do that
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• Complex networks and services
• Significant physical disasters
• Low quality of software and hardware
• Interdependencies on ICT and other
sectors
• New emerging technologies
• Smart grid and Renewables
• (I)IoT
• Smart Cars,
• 5G
Threat Landscape (1)
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• Asymmetric threats allowing remote attacks
to CII
• Increasing organized cybercrime and
industrial espionage
• Regulatory Inconsistencies
• Cyber Security Maturity and skills sets
• Lack of international agreements and
standards
• Lack of well functioning, international
incident handling/crisis management
mechanism
Threat Landscape (2)
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NISD and the Energy Sector
WS8 on cyber security for the energy sector –AT is the leader
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Key Security Requirements
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Public Private Co-operation
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Not a requirement but common cause
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• Harmonization of security requirements acrossthe EU based on NISD requirements
• Foster public private co-operation at national,regional and EU level
• Mandatory reporting of all significant incidentsfollowing a holistic approach
• Study interdependencies and supply chainintegrity
• Risk assess the emerging technologies for theenergy value chain (e.g. IoT, AI, Blockchain, )
• Develop and promote certification schemes forthe energy sector
• Regulatory simplicity and consistency
Food for thought
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