TECHNOLOGY
Number of cyber attacks on the energy sector
According to IBM ’ s X-Force Threat Intelligence Index :
• 38 % of incidents handled by its X-Force responders were aided by backdoor weaknesses
• 26 % of incidents were result of compromised public-facing applications
• 27 % of incidents led to extortion , such as data leakage , ransomware , compromised emails and denial of service
Providing insight into these tasks for enabling better energy cybersecurity is the Red Team Expert at CovertSwarm , Matt Watson , who says : “ With threat actors now actively developing tools that specifically target infrastructure such as industrial control systems , the requirement for organisations to invest in cybersecurity to ensure they are equipped with the necessary tools , skills and expertise to identify and protect against cyber-attacks is critical ”.
When it comes to corporate and national security , breaches can result in major disruption to global supply chains and , in turn , the public . From the perspective of the environment , each level of interruption to the energy sector could have catastrophic effects in the long term as progress to net-zero emissions is delayed significantly by the temporary reintroduction of fossil fuels .
110 August 2023