OpenADR: Strategies for protecting critical infrastructure
Energy supplies are inherently targeted by attackers and sophisticated cyberattacks. The OpenADR Alliance, among others, is driving forward the urgently needed defensive measures and innovative strategies to protect critical infrastructure - and is primarily based on three supporting pillars. Communication within the energy industry is a delicate point. Connections between utility companies and end devices, such as private households or medium-sized companies, offer a large area of attack. Because attacks on critical infrastructure have devastating consequences for energy supplies and the civilian population, the OpenADR communications standard is breaking new ground in terms of security...
