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\nNEPRA hosted Pakistan\u2019s first-ever webinar on Industrial Cyber Security with title \u201cThe Modern Threat Landscape on Industrial Control Systems \u2013 Statistics and Examples\u201d at NEPRA Tower with an aim to create awareness amongst the public and private sector\u2019s power entities against the global risks of cyberattacks. The webinar was led and addressed by Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi, followed by internationally renowned cybersecurity experts from Russia, Dr. Semen Kort and Dr. Ekaterina Rudina of Kaspersky Industrial Cybersecurity (KICS). The webinar was attended by a large number of Power Sector\u2019s Professionals, Trade and Business representatives, journalists and NEPRA\u2019s members of the Authority and professionals.
\nThe Chairman NEPRA, Mr. Tauseef H. Farooqi in his welcoming address highlighted the importance of the webinar. He remarked that Pakistan like rest of the world is also witnessing multiple cyberattacks and data breaches simultaneously and therefore this global menace needs to be tackled with comprehensive effective measures. He added that Pakistan\u2019s power sector Industrial Control Systems are prone to such attacks and therefore a single vulnerability can result in unexpected outages, loss of revenue for industry and even loss of human lives; thus the economy can be easily impacted. He added that NEPRA being the regulator of Power Sector of Pakistan will strive for launching prudent regulations in order to effectively handle such existing and future sophisticated cyberattacks to protect our National Critical Power Assets.
\nDr. Semen Kert and Dr. Ekaterina Rudina sensitized the participants about various types of Industrial cyberattacks and vulnerabilities, the social engineering attacks, differences in the implementation of cyber security in the systems, Industrial security solutions, remote access, importance of an effective cyber security department, incidents handling and the need for regulations so that the threats are effectively handled.
\nThe webinar concluded after detailed Questions & Answers session of the participants with the Chairman and the Speakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
our correspondent islamabad NEPRA hosted Pakistan\u2019s first-ever webinar on Industrial Cyber Security with title \u201cThe Modern Threat Landscape on Industrial Control Systems \u2013 Statistics and Examples\u201d at NEPRA Tower with an aim to create awareness amongst the public and private sector\u2019s power entities against the global risks of cyberattacks. The webinar was led and addressed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"\n