On 9th October 2018, ENCS held its yearly Strategy Assembly meeting in Rotterdam, co-hosted with Stedin, discussing the latest developments in cyber-security for grid operators. The meeting was attended by representatives from all of ENCS’ full members. It featured presentations on cyber-crime development by Europol and Rabobank’s findings on responsible disclosure and building a cyber threat intelligence organisation.
The participants discussed the priorities for collaboration in ENCS in 2019. Four were identified:
- Providing support for security operations and incident response by building a community of analysts and evaluating threats, vulnerabilities and new detection technologies.
- Sharing best practices in setting up an information security management system, and preparing for ISO 27000 compliance.
- Defining a better model for procuring secure equipment and securing the supply chain.
- Setting up a role-based training programme to help grid operators fill the cyber-security skills gap.
ENCS will work out these priorities in its security programme for 2019 to be presented to the General Assembly on 29 January 2019 in Lisbon.