A national strategy for "critical unit resilience" must be created. This is what Minister of Public Security and Emergency Preparedness Torsten Schack Pedersen (V) writes in a comment to Ritzau.
He is responding to a survey conducted by the energy sector's trade organization, Green Power Denmark. It shows that seven out of ten of the trade organization's members have increased their spending on security within the past year. The minister finds it "really positive" that energy companies are increasingly investing in cybersecurity and protecting their infrastructure.
- Denmark - like the rest of Europe - is facing a serious and complex threat landscape in the coming years. This applies to both the public and private sectors. It is a shared responsibility to build resilience (resilience, ed.) and robustness in our society, writes the minister.
Most focus on IT security
It is primarily increased IT security that the members of Green Power Denmark have invested in over the past year. This comes on the back of the fact that 22 energy companies were hit by a hacker attack in the spring of 2023.
45 percent of the members have also invested in better security of physical facilities. This could, for example, be increased security around transformer stations and wind turbine and solar cell parks in the open countryside.
Torsten Schack Pedersen writes that Denmark is facing the need to implement two EU directives, "which should contribute to a more resilient Denmark - both in terms of cybersecurity and physical security". As part of the implementation, a national strategy for the resilience of critical units must be prepared, among other things.
Risk assessments must also be prepared, which will form the basis for the designation of critical units in the individual sectors, according to the minister's response.
- This will be an important task for the authorities involved, writes the minister.
It is not clear when a future national strategy will be ready.
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