Security News > 2022 > November > Key cybersecurity trends in the energy sector

The key trends for the energy industry are about how we manage the future supply and demand challenges at a much more granular level than we are currently able do.

If we're ever to balance the supply and demand equation against the backdrop of increased consumer demands, and the increased complexity in the generation, distribution and storage systems, this supply and demand will have to base its existence on an increase in interconnectivity and information sharing between all these elements to make them work.

This interdependence is fundamental if the supply and demand equation is going to remain in balance.

There are many things that owners and operators of critical national infrastructure and the energy industry should consider to protect themselves from a cybersecurity perspective, but essentially it all boils down to people, processes and technology.

Technology is probably the first thing that people start to look towards, particularly in terms of operational technology challenges, but the largest vulnerability in any network or organization are actually the people.

In this Help Net Security video, Tony Burton, Managing Director - Cyber Security & Trust at Thales UK, discusses key cybersecurity trends in the energy sector.

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