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A single umbrella approach wouldn’ t erase sector-specific needs, but it would create a framework for shared resilience, allowing for standardised security baselines aligned with frameworks like the NCSC’ s Cyber Assessment Framework, while still accommodating sector-specific regulations. It would enable cross-sector threat intelligence, so an attack on a utility company could trigger pre-emptive defences in transport or healthcare. And it would support proactive risk modelling, identifying choke points before they cause systemic failures.
Breaking down the silos
While it’ s clear that interdependencies exist, there continues to be little crosssector collaboration right now. CNI leaders rarely meet to discuss shared challenges or potential solutions. That needs to change. Industry can pioneer mechanisms to foster collaboration, such as CNI roundtables that bring together CTOs and senior leaders from utilities, energy and transport to tackle common issues like IT and OT convergence and exposure to cybersecurity threats.
These cross-industry discussions have proven value, for example, during a recent workshop with a rail sector client, we demonstrated an intelligent wastewater network monitoring solution we have built for a utilities company, which uses IoT sensors to detect blockages in pipelines. There were immediate parallels for monitoring rail track conditions, proving that solutions from one sector can be adapted to another with the right framework.
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