“Only by working together will utilities be able to stand up to the cyber-security threat. We must be able to share both problems and solutions, and to set common goals for common challenges,” said Aurélio Blanquet, director of Portuguese engery company EDP Distribuição, and recently elected Chair of the European Network for Cyber Security (ENCS ) Assembly Committee.
Aurelio Blanquet
In the same recent interview Blanquet said that even more important is the skills gap: “There isn’t enough security expertise to go around in the European energy sector. So, we have to identify and nourish more of this talent, attracting, developing and retaining it so that the industry has the security knowledge it needs.”
He notes that the skills gap also underlines the importance of cooperation, saying: “If we have limited resources, it’s important to deploy them in the smartest way possible. We cannot afford for different teams to all be doing the same things in different pockets of Europe, we must coordinate for best effect. As a unifying element that helps achieve a strategic consensus from its members, ENCS has been central to that and will continue to be…
