Modern industrial facilities are threatened by extended OT environments (xOT) in which virtualization, SCADA support, and cloud systems are attacked – paralyzing production without the machines themselves being compromised.
An identified hacker deleted the Romanian cadastral database in retaliation for a failed extortion attempt, blocking all real estate transactions nationwide.
A cybercriminal deleted Romania’s entire property register database after a failed extortion attempt, disabling critical administrative and market functions.
CGI and Heuking combine legal compliance consulting with technical implementation to translate regulatory requirements such as NIS2 into secure, workable systems.
External service providers with access to customer data represent an established attack vector, enabling highly convincing phishing and fraud attempts.
State-backed Russian hacker groups such as Berserk Bear and Energetic Bear infiltrate routers through outdated firmware and default configurations to gain long-term network access — not solely through zero-day exploits.
The Commission provides authorities and critical infrastructure operators with interpretation guidelines for a key compliance provision of the NIS2 Directive.
PKI implementations in production require solutions for resource-constrained devices, network isolation, and real-time requirements that differ significantly from classical IT security.
