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  • Renewable energies
  • Municipal utilities

Energy & Utilities

Supply has to work while its system is changing at the same time. Generation is becoming more decentralized, more and more installations and parties are being added, control systems remain in use for decades and regulatory requirements are rising. All of this happens during live operation – with a responsibility that extends far beyond your own company.

Security of supply
Measures have to work during live operation; shutting down is not an option.
Decentralization
More installations, more parties involved, more remote access across the region.
Mandatory certification
Proof and management systems are part of permanent operational responsibility.
Critical importance
An outage affects not only your company, but supply, the public and government responsibility.
What we encounter in this environment
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You have been audited, certified and attested for years. And yet another question remains open in the boardroom: what happens to supply if central systems or sites do not work as intended for an extended period? The audits confirm that structures and processes exist. For leadership, what remains decisive is whether this actually results in the ability to act and to supply in an emergency.
How we see it

For you, this is not an academic question. An outage here means not only lost revenue, but supply, supervisors and the public all at once. That is why technical resilience immediately becomes a question of leadership and responsibility.

Typical framework conditions

What makes this environment challenging.

In energy supply, one standard shapes many decisions: supply must not be interrupted. Added to this are regulatory requirements that reach deep into operations, and a system that is continuously changing through decentralization and connectivity. We encounter three patterns in this environment again and again.

Recurring patterns from our practice
01

Conversion during live operation

Changes generally have to succeed while supply continues. Maintenance, modernization and safeguarding can therefore rarely be planned the way they are where systems may stand still for a time.

02

Two technology cultures, one network

Control systems think in decades and availability, IT in months and currency. In many companies, the two are now growing together.

03

Risks with external impact

An outage often affects not only the company itself, but also households, businesses and public institutions. That changes the yardstick by which risks are assessed.

Requirements that play a role
01IT Security Catalog
02ISO 27001
03ISO 27019
04IEC 62443
05KRITIS
06NIS2
07B3S
On an equal footing

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Tim Schughart
Group CEO | ProSec Global