In brief: Critical infrastructures such as healthcare and energy supply are priority targets of cyber attacks with direct impacts on supply security.
Former US Cyber Director Chris Inglis warns of cyber attacks on hospitals, energy providers and other critical services. These attacks directly impact millions of citizens in their daily lives.
The former National Cyber Director of the United States, Chris Inglis, is drawing attention to the growing threat posed by cyber attacks on hospitals, power grids and other vital services. These attackers deliberately target the systems that are essential for the daily provision of services to the population.
For CISOs, this means a fundamentally changed risk assessment: attacks on critical infrastructure are no longer theory or exceptional cases. They are already happening and affecting the operation of hospitals, energy distribution and emergency services. The protection of these systems is increasingly subject to regulatory pressure – not least through provisions such as the NIS2 Directive, which makes enhanced cybersecurity standards for critical infrastructure operators mandatory.
The consequence for security strategy is that protective measures for critical systems can no longer be viewed in isolation: network segmentation, access control, incident response and business continuity must be treated with maximum priority and resource allocation in order to minimize outage scenarios.
Source: www.darkreading.com · Published June 9, 2026
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