Energy Industry Is On Alert Against Increasing Cyber Attacks

Governments the world over have been ramping up their digital agendas in recent months, each seeking to instil the importance of cyber security on citizens and businesses alike.  Attempts are being made to raise cyber security awareness, and essentially the message is that organisations must understand their networks, systems and data, and must take a proportionate, risk-based approach to keeping them secure. Resilient networks and systems must be in place.

This is especially important in the energy industry which has become increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks by 'hacktivists', state-sponsored hackers and other cyber criminals who are all seeking to exploit network and system vulnerabilities.  Olivia Harrisson in Field Fisher Waterhouse's IP and Technology, Privacy & Information Law Group explores the implications of this for the energy industry.