Speaker: Holger Skurk

Digital substations, control centres and power plants generate traffic that conventional IT security tools do not understand. A packet filter sees MMS traffic on port 102 – not that a protection setting group was just switched. Many managers know the result: a system producing alerts nobody can conclusively assess – and a small OT team carrying the load. Evidence obligations under NIS2 and the amended German Energy Industry Act add pressure without adding headcount.

Using OMICRON's StationGuard solution as an example, this talk shows how threat detection, functional monitoring and vulnerability management can be brought together in one system – technically traceable, and with an eye on how much work ends up on your own team. The solution is built for el ...