Cybersecurity in the Energy Sector – In Search of Solutions

Elizabeth Yoneva ()
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Elizabeth Yoneva: University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria

Ikonomiceski i Sotsialni Alternativi, 2018, issue 1, 20-27

Abstract: The analysis focuses on the energy sector, looking through the prism of the cybersecurity as its extremely relevant dimension in the contemporary world, corresponding also with one of the modern directions of research within the framework of this scientific field. In the last decade, the subject of the negative aspects of using information and communications technologies provokes special attention on a global level in view of the large-scale destructive impact of cyber-attacks. They also cause spillover effects on the energy sector. In the light of these new developments, the paper explores its challenges to adapt to the new realities. It showcases the main vectors in energy cybersecurity with emphasis on threats to critical infrastructures. The author discusses different aspects of the measures undertaken and planned to improve the mechanisms to counteract cyber-attacks from the perspective of the evolutions in the last years. The research work outlines the conceptual frame of the attempts at a national policy level to deal with the complications, caused by these new types of threats.

Keywords: cybersecurity; energy sector; energy security; information and communications technologies; SCADA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F52 O13 O33 Q40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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