Cyber attacks
Strong defence against cyber attacks says Power Minister
- Sep 2, 2022
Union power minister, R.K. Singh, has said that the country has a strong line of defence against any kind of cyber attack on its power grid, according to a reliable media report. Singh’s statement came in the wake of Read more
DNV issues new guidelines on defending substations from cyber attacks
- Sep 30, 2021
Independent energy expert and assurance provider DNV has published new guidelines for power system companies planning to improve the cybersecurity of protection devices and digital technologies within substations, a release from DNV said. Power system protection technologies are essential Read more
Mumbai outage of October 2020: No evidence of cyber attack, says Power Minister
- Mar 3, 2021
Union Power Minister R.K. Singh has said that the Mumbai power outage of October 2020 was caused by "human error" and there is no evidence to prove that it was trigged due to a cyber attack by China, Read more
India needs to boost efforts to protect power grids against hackers
- Feb 26, 2021
India has begun its journey to protect power grids against malware and hackers but needs to pick up the pace to head off the rising cyber security risk that will come Read more