Aon, a global professional services firm, has urged asset owners and operators in the battery energy storage system (BESS) market to enhance their cyber resilience against emerging cyber threats, identifying operational technologies used in BESS control systems as an ‘invisible’ point of vulnerability.
As the energy grid digitalises, cyber attacks are ranked as the number one threat facing businesses today and in the future, according to Aon’s 2021 Global Risk Management Survey.