Comprehensive cybersecurity for low-voltage power distribution in industry and infrastructure
Threats, countermeasures and actors
Anyone wishing to benefit from intelligent systems and networked operational technology inevitably creates potential access channels for cyber criminals. This holds true even more for electricity distribution systems, the sabotage of which would negatively impact all applications powered by the system. Arming to meet this challenge – which grows more daunting with every passing year – requires all actors along the lifecycle of components in industrial networks and power distribution systems to make cybersecurity a core pillar of their corporate philosophy. Whether manufacturer, system integrator, or operator – they all must work, from development to operation, to create processes and organizational structures that ensure components and systems are always well equipped to deal with the current threat landscape. The planning phase plays a key role in these efforts: only if the right cybersecurity features are specified at the planning stage will it later be possible for the system integrator and operator to implement defense easily, simply, and economically.