We probably take critical infrastructure for granted in our day-to-day living. We turn on a tap, flick a switch, or push a button and water, light, and heat are all readily available to us. However, as critical infrastructure are managed by computerised systems this makes them vulnerable to cyberattack. As a direct consequence, this makes us as a society vulnerable too.
Imagine if a cyberattack took down the power supply to an entire city without warning? Chaos would ensue. Traffic lights, ATMs and cash registers, fuel pumps, and water pumps, amongst a long list of other things, would cease to operate. The scary thing is, the scenario of a cyberattack on critical infrastructure isn’t far-fetched anymore.
