Utilities represent part of the critical national infrastructure in the UK, and are prone to cyber threats. Here, Alastair MacLeod, CEO at Ground Control, a satellite focused, IoT and M2M critical communications connectivity provider, examines how utilities companies can mitigate these threats to ensure commercial operations are not compromised
It’s important to note that with all that is going on between Russia and Ukraine, security is also becoming more of a focus for consumers. According to our survey of utility users in March of this year, hackers bringing down internal systems, was identified as a potential risk to utility supply by 46.9% of recipients.
However, there are other communities besides nation states seeking to immobilise civil and economic order by attacking utilities infrastructure.
The digital battlefield
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