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Siemens Energy and the Global Resilience Federation cooperate on information sharing

Being able to quickly understand threats is critical to security and resilience. Information sharing helps energy-sector organizations blunt the potency of known attack methods and identify new threats. ISACs have been built to serve subsectors and industry verticals. As the energy sector is transformed by digitization and the energy transition, information-sharing efforts in the energy sector also need to evolve to embrace new classes of energy companies that are more distributed and interconnected. To secure digitized and digitally native operational technologies (OT) and cyber-physical systems, organizations need the capability to share OT threat data – not only with their peer organizations and asset operators, but also with equipment manufacturers and other supply-chain partners across the full spectrum of energy companies. To share information at speeds that keep pace with threats, organizations must build stronger capabilities to identify anomalous activity and automate information sharing. With that need in mind, Siemens Energy and the Global Resilience Federation are launching a new initiative aimed at developing next-generation information-sharing capabilities that bridge industry silos and emphasize automated threat detection. This initiative will work towards the goal of sharing IT and OT threat information at machine-like speeds – fast enough to be relevant for the early detection of novel threats. Using advanced capabilities and built-for-purpose industrial cybersecurity technologies, the initiative addresses cybersecurity challenges exacerbated by the energy transition. The aim of the initiative is to build greater awareness of threats and create collaboration to address new risks to the rapidly evolving energy ecosystem.

Year published
01 January 2022
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Siemens Energy