| | DECEMBER 2024ENTERPRISE SECURITY8IN MY OPINIONIN MY OPINIONBy Leo Simonovich, Vice President and Global Head of Industrial Cyber and Digital Security, Siemens Energy"Our world -- including our digital world -- is at an inflection point, where the decisions we make today will determine the direction of our world for decades to come." Those words come from the Biden Administration's proclamation on cybersecurity awareness month, and as a cybersecurity practitioner who works with energy sector clients around the world, they resonate deeply. Already caught in a cybersecurity arms race, the advancement of AI technologies significantly escalates cyber threats against energy infrastructure. More than ever before, critical infrastructure operators face an existential need to strengthen cybersecurity and respond as a community to global trends that threaten stability.For years, three trends have converged to amplify the importance of cybersecurity in the energy sector. First, a digital revolution has transformed the energy business from mostly analog and air-gapped to mostly INCREASING CYBERTHREATS IN THE TIME OF AI
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