In this episode of Energy Talks, host Simon Rommer, OT Security Consultant at OMICRON, and his guest. Christoph Kukovic, Chief Information Security Officer at Verbund AG, Austria’s leading energy company and one of the largest producers of hydroelectricity in Europe, discuss the critical roles of IT and OT in power systems cybersecurity, focusing on the use of deception solutions.

Deception solutions aim to create realistic online environments for attackers. The idea is to challenge them with a digital twin of the online infrastructure so that they attack the deception solution instead of the real infrastructure.

Christoph shares his insights with Simon into his personal cybersecurity journey, the challenges faced in implementing innovative cybersecurity measures, and the development of his company’s own deception solutions. The conversation delves into the importance of collaboration, the need for realistic simulations, the difference between honeypot and deception solutions, and testing deception solutions in real-world scenarios.

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