In the context of the ELECTRON project, it’s important to ELECTRON Cybersecurity Lighthouse, an open portal across EU for exchanging information and best practices on cybersecurity and privacy in EPES and critical infrastructure.
ELECTRON Cybersecurity Lighthouse is a benchmark in the cybersecurity environment across EU, that provides cybersecurity certification programs for design processes, devices, applications and systems. And offer market-driven cybersecurity standardization solutions, advice and guidance to a plethora of relevant stakeholders such as users, manufacturers, network, infrastructure, service operators and regulator.
Cybersecurity is of vital importance in people’s daily lives. In today’s digital age, much of our daily activities are conducted online, from banking transactions to social interactions. This makes us vulnerable to a variety of cyber threats, such as identity theft, financial fraud and privacy breaches. Cybersecurity protects us from these threats by ensuring the integrity, confidentiality and availability of our digital information. Moreover, as our dependence on technology continues to grow, so does the importance of cybersecurity. Therefore, it is essential that we all understand and apply cybersecurity practices in our day-to-day lives to protect our information and our digital lives.
Our economy and society depend on the energy sector, so it is vital to ensure its resilience to cybersecurity incidents. We talk about energy in terms of electricity, gas and oil, and their distribution through infrastructures such as smart grids, which are essential for the functioning of other industries and the life of citizens.
In addition, product and facility lifecycle management presents challenges in terms of cybersecurity.
ELECTRON Cybersecurity Lighthouse portal provides visitors with an overview of the global cybersecurity environment in the EU.
The contents of the portal provide an overview of the current cybersecurity landscape, through the different bodies, agencies and associations related to the energy sector within the EU.
It also addresses the main legislative acts and directives related to energy cybersecurity.
Another important section within the portal is the main standards considered of interest for cybersecurity certifications.
ELECTRON Cybersecurity Lighthouse also will offer the possibility to register as a user and interact with other users through the Forum.
In short, ELECTRON Cybersecurity Lighthouse provides an innovative and comprehensive view of the EU cybersecurity landscape in general and cybersecurity in EPES and critical infrastructures in particular.
It sets the tone and sheds light on the future cybersecurity threat environment.