Cyber risk presents a “unique concern” in the energy sector because an attack on energy infrastructure has the potential “to cross from the cyber realm to the physical world”, says a new report by The World Energy Council. The report – titled The road to resilience: Managing cyber risks – says a cyber-attack could cause, for instance, a “massive operational failure of an energy asset”. Large centralised infrastructures are especially at risk due to the potential ‘domino effect’ damage that an attack on a nuclear, coal, or oil plant could cause,” according to the report.
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