Power Generation Industry
“Power generation organisations are prime targets—but a structured, risk-based OT program can drastically cut those risks.”
Situational Awareness
Perception (What’s happening?)
- Nation-state actors, cybercriminals and hacktivists increasingly target utilities.
- Convergence, geographic complexity and low OT maturity expand the attack surface.
Comprehension (Why does it matter?)
- Compromised OT can disrupt power generation or even physically damage assets (e.g. turbine overspeed).
- Regulatory audits (EU NIS2, CISA etc.) require demonstrable, effective OT risk programs or face fines/licenses revocation.
Risk Management
For organisations lacking an OT cyber program, we recommend a two-stage, holistic approach:
Stage 1 – Identify & Prioritise
Map critical OT functions (generation units, substations), assess impact of outages, and leverage engineers to identify attack paths—covering network diagrams, access controls, supply chain, and physical security.
Stage 2 – Build OT Cybersecurity Framework (OT-CSF)
Formalise policies, procedures and playbooks aligned with:
- ISA/IEC 62443
- NIST CSF
- NERC-CIP
- ISO/IEC 27001/27002/27019
Minimum scope:
- Governance model (RACI)
- End-to-end operating model
- Regulatory compliance mapping
- Asset inventory
- Network architecture docs
- Incident response plan
- Workforce training
- Procedural controls (access, change mgmt, backup)
- Monitoring & reporting
Mature with self-assessments, third-party audits, vendor assurance, threat detection, vulnerability monitoring and PAM.
Ensure budgets, in-house skills, vendor support and governance mechanisms to sustain your OT program.