Energy Magazine October 2020 | Page 73

TACKLING THE DIFFERENCES IN THE INDUSTRY
Ultimately , collaboration ( both internal and external to the organisation ) will be the foundation upon which a strong cybersecurity strategy is built , Nijk says . “ Energy companies cannot resolve the issues on their own because utilities don ’ t possess skills and resources equivalent to those of nation-states . Nation-states have a responsibility to make the sharing of information more harmonious across countries if needed . A political approach of reaching consensus is not going to be effective in cyber-war scenarios as the response times are too long .”
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TACKLING THE DIFFERENCES IN THE INDUSTRY
Because of the variety within energy , it is not possible to develop a solution which uniformly addresses the operating procedures of each aspect . Utility companies , for example , are heavily regulated by legislation and therefore incentivised to provide their services in a secure fashion . Conversely , renewable energy projects tend to occur more prevalently in the entrepreneurial sphere and therefore are
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