New Report. Utility Operational Equipment Cyber Security Threats Increase.

Who issued the report? Siemens

What did the utility sample look like?

• 1,700 utility professionals worldwide
• electric utilities with gas
• solar
• wind assets
• water utilities

What utility operational equipment is poised for hackers?

• machines
• networks
• systems
• involved in transmitting or distributing power

What did the report find?

• Attacks are increasing
• The results of attacks will be severe financial, environmental and infrastructure damage
• 54% of utilities say = they expect a cyberattack on critical infrastructure within a year
• 64% of utilities say cyberattacks are a “top challenge”

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