According to Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), India’s electricity grid operators will require to install firewalls and other measures used by companies in order to avert an attack on their information technology systems and check increasing hacking incidents of power networks all over the world.
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission underscores that the grid operators will require to have a continuity plan to prevent cyber attack. The move is part of an overhaul of the decade-old guidelines. The report comes at the backdrop of the nation’s monopoly nuclear power producer admitted its information system had been breached, underscoring the need for more action to protect critical installations.
The commission also suggested that these bodies prioritize resources and allocate adequate workforce for online security. To deal with malware, India protects its central power grid through multiple firewalls and has isolated it from office networks, power minister R.K. Singh told lawmakers in parliament.
