Cybersecurity and the Vulnerability of Wind Farms

A number of high-profile hacking cases have hit the headlines in recent years, highlighting the increasing rise in cybercrime and the devastating effects it can have on the targeted organisations. Mohamed Harrou, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) engineer at BayWa r.e., talks to Windtech International about the susceptibility of wind farms to cybercrime and why the time to act is now.

 

By Mohamed Harrou, SCADA Engineer, BayWa r.e., Germany