According to experts, as the role of digital technologies in the energy infrastructure increases, cyber-attacks represent the biggest risks for the systems. Market research shows that in the second half of 2017, most cyber-attacks targeted organizations in the energy sector and integrators of industrial control systems.
„With the protocol concluded with E.ON, CERT-RO extends its network of partners in the energy sector, in the context of transposing in the national legislation the Directive concerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the European Union (the NIS Directive). The law of transposition will impose minimum security measures and notification requirements on services operators in several key sectors: energy, transportation, utilities, banking system, healthcare, financial markets and digital infrastructures”, the statement also reads.