Around 225,000 connections were unplugged from electricity grid in Ukraine by hackers. This gained attention of cybersecurity experts all over the globe and marked as the first cyber-takedown of a power system.
Experts commented that this was not any other attack and active preventive measures need to be taken to avoid these attacks & thwarts in future. They also emphasized on taking security measures rather than only providing firewalls to control systems.
Eric Byres, a security consultant and major contributor in commercialization of firewalls for industrial control system said, “It’s really brought the whole thing to a head and made people aware that this isn’t just chatter about the sky falling.”
Analysts studying the industry have revealed a comprehensive information about changing industry trends and precise statistics in research reports. Recently, Big Market Research has added a report titled, “Global Cyber Security Industry 2016 Deep Market Research Report.”
North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC), who has an authority to set standards for power grid, is trying to stop these attacks by upgrading cybersecurity codes. For the full article click here
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