Infographic: 70 Percent of World's Critical Utilities Breached

[Venustus]

New research from Unisys and Ponemon Institute finds alarming security gaps in worldwide ICS and SCADA systems within the last 12 months.

Information security professionals all know the cyberrisks to oil and gas, utilities, alternative energy, and manufacturing industries, and when it comes to strategic priorities, one would think that security remained a key priority across these sectors. Unfortunately, for the majority of providers, it’s not.

Nearly 70 percent of companies surveyed that are responsible for the world’s power, water, and other critical functions have reported at least one security breach that led to the loss of confidential information or disruption of operations in the past 12 months, according to a Unisys survey released in partnership with the Ponemon Institute.

In a Web survey of 599 security executives at utility, oil and gas, energy, and manufacturing companies, 64 percent of respondents anticipated one or more serious attacks in the coming year. Despite this risk, only 28 percent ranked security as one of the top five strategic priorities for their organization. A majority named their top business priority as minimizing downtime.

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[MalwareFire]

I never expect this

 

[Prorootect]

'one or more serious attacks in the coming year'

they attack from every direction

 

[Venustus]

'one or more serious attacks in the coming year'

they attack from every direction

Very concerning indeed!

 

[Prorootect]

- but from the Western direction (maybe ..) - I see Stuxnet on Iranian SCADA attack only.

Other are mostly from Chinese communist government, which employs many hackers, which has the hacker schools etc