On May 24th 2024, the European Union published the first-ever EU Network Code on Cybersecurity for the electricity sector. The publication is an important step to improve the cyber resilience of critical EU energy infrastructure and services. The new Network Code on Cybersecurity has been developed in response to the growing digitalisation and interconnection of national power systems. It provides a common standard to ensure the security and reliability of the interconnected system.
The Network Code will support a high, common-level of cybersecurity for cross-border electricity flows in Europe by setting common rules to perform cybersecurity risk assessments, report cyber-attacks, threats and vulnerabilities, and establishing cybersecurity risk management. It also includes recommendations for supply chain security.
The publication of the network code on cybersecurity marks an important milestone for the completion of the internal energy market and the achievement of the European Union’s energy objectives, both at the level of transmission and distribution electricity grids. The network code was indeed mandated by EU law under the Electricity Regulation (EU) 2019/943 and in the 2022 EU Action Plan to digitalise the energy system.
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