Critical infrastructures of cities should now more than ever operate in a collaborative, secure, and resilient environment. An organized security attack on municipal infrastructures could take over the control of power grids, financial services, energy providers, healthcare databases, and other critical infrastructure, resulting in catastrophic consequences such as blackouts or disruptions to an entire city’s water supply.
The attack suffered by Canadian transit agency Metrolinx is just one example of the many attacks that have taken place over the past years. How can we protect our critical infrastructure from cyber-attacks? Nicolas Pellerin-Roy, RHEA Group’s Security Business Analyst, talked with Radio Canada to discuss how these attacks work and how to prevent them.