The spate of attacks against the world’s critical infrastructure put into focus the urgent need to address industrial cybersecurity. Siemens is taking a leading role by ensuring secure design processes and certification on its products and solutions. As the electricity industry becomes increasingly interconnected, no company can address this complex challenge alone. Recognizing that resilience requires strengthening and building trust with customers, suppliers and the electricity community as a whole, Siemens has worked closely with the World Economic Forum to develop board principles as part of a joint mission to build trust for a secure digital world. To that end, Siemens established the Charter of Trust, bringing together leading energy companies, technology providers, insurers and manufacturers committed to advancing cybersecurity and digitalization. Highlights from this work include: – Initiating change from the top by hiring a chief security officer to report directly to the deputy chief executive officer and the Siemens board. – Implementing security processes andcertifications on Siemens technologies and establishing voluntary, third-party certifications throughout its supply chains. – Supporting the growth of a technology ecosystem of leading security companies to build novel industrial cyber technologies in the areas of monitoring and vulnerability management. – Collaborating with global standards and industry bodies to set global and national guidelines for securing critical assets. – Developing national workforce programmes to overcome the acute talent shortage of industrial cyber professionals in the electricity sector. – Quickly responding alongside Charter of Trust members to respond to COVID-19, ensuring safe and secure remote telework, all while maintaining critical operations for Siemens and its customers.