Renewable Energy Cyber Security Forum 2022 | Leadvent Group | 26 October 2022 | Virtual

Cyberattacks on energy companies are becoming more common and the need to protect renewable energy assets from cyber-attacks is of paramount importance in today’s digital era. Cybersecurity poses a serious challenge for renewables operators and the industry is realizing the criticality of cybersecurity in holistic asset resilience. Digital transformation in renewables involves disruptive approaches, new technologies and innovations, and will require new architectures, new business models and thinking around cybersecurity

Renewable Energy needs a common understanding of cyber threats and mitigation strategies to enable assets to be protected over internal and external threats that could truly compromise businesses and result in heavy economic loss, reduction of energy production as well as serious PR repercussions.

The lack of standards, insufficient board level understanding of cyber threats, legacy assets and new technology pose important challenges for cyber security professionals working in renewable energy, both in Europe and US.

Join like-minded peers at this event to learn how key players in the renewable energy sector have been able to stay resilient, invest in the right technology and convince their stakeholders it’s worth ranking cyber security up in their priority list.

Meeting Summary
• Conference Summary
- 2 days – interactive sessions, workshops, panel discussions, networking & experience exchange
- Expert speakers – meet representatives from industry’s leading companies
- Networking– limited number senior level participants under one roof to enable meaningful conversations

• Areas of responsibility:
- Security
- Cyber Security
- Data
- Ecryption
- Cyber threats
- Resilience
- SCADA
- Digital Forensics
- Information Security
- Privacy
- Risk

• Representatives Invited:
- Presidents
- Vice Presidents
- Group/Team Leaders
- Managers/Heads
- Information Officers
- Engineers
- Advisors/Consultants

• Industry participating
- Energy companies
- Technology providers

Key Topics:
• Understanding risk assessment and mitigation and whether you’re investing enough time to look at what could represent a high risk for your business
• Regulations vs. reality: If regulation is too prescriptive tends to fail because it can’t keep up with technology, and it often takes longer than required to meet requirements. How do you marry these two dimensions?
• Exploring the importance of providing standards to establish how the industry is performing
• Suppliers – are you asking them the right questions? Should cyber security be a must have feature as opposed to being an add on?
• How the CISO’s role is changing and enabling changes by bringing closer board level conversations and technical know-how
• How IoT and digitalisation is impacting renewable energy and what cyber security implications you need to be prepared for
• Why are IT and OT teams still working in silos? And can we bring these two dimensions closer together?
• Legacy systems and infrastructure - are we living in borrowed time? Why a proper risk assessment can help you find out a better picture of what’s worth eliminating and what’s worth keeping
• Talent and skillset: how is technology shaping the talent of the future? Should we look outside traditional channels to attract talent with a broader skill set?
• What are the PR implications of cyber threats?
• A look at how cyber security is being tackled by insurance and what the legal implications are for one single breach

Key Takeaways:
• Discuss the importance of convincing your stakeholders to invest in a thorough risk assessment to establish potential threats to the company’s assets
• Learn how to adapt your strategies and internal resources to existing and upcoming technology to mitigate risks and promptly react to breaches
• Hear from successful CISOs how they convinced board level stakeholders to consider cyber security a high priority
• Get insights into case studies on reacting to a breach and successfully survive without compromising a business asset or encounter a PR disaster

Reasons To Attend
• Gain practical insights into digital cyber security trends in the Renewables Sector
• Expand your network of top-level business contacts
• Hear from enthusiastic speakers with powerful presentation
• Use this exceptional platform for discussions and debates about then industry challenges
• Benefit from our matchmaking and 1:1 meeting
• Join our panel discussions, world cafe, interactive workshops, networking, strategic meetings and round tables discussion