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About
A technical guide for PV asset operators
On December 29, Poland faced a major coordinated cyberattack targeting its renewable and solar energy infrastructure. Analysts and Polish officials have linked the operation to Russian-affiliated hacking groups, seeing it as part of a broader campaign against critical European infrastructure. This webinar, hosted by pv magazine with the support of leading cybersecurity experts, will unpack the incident in detail and offer practical strategies for asset owners, operators, EPCs, investors, and insurers to safeguard against similar threats.
The 90-minute webinar will open with a technical deep dive into the Poland case, featuring analysis by pv magazine cybersecurity expert Marian Willuhn and a guest from a cybersecurity firm. Participants will examine the weaknesses and vulnerabilities that allowed the hackers to cause harm, and discuss why generation was not directly manipulated. The session will also explore what would have been required to escalate to blackout-level control, and whether these vulnerabilities represent isolated lapses or systemic weaknesses across European fleets.
The second segment will focus on legal and liability implications, with insights from an energy and cybersecurity law expert. This session will clarify obligations under frameworks such as the European NIS2 directive, addressing what constitutes negligence, who qualifies as an essential entity, and the potential fines, insurance implications, or investor claims arising from a cyber-induced blackout or systemic damage. Differences across EU member states will be highlighted to give participants a concrete understanding of regulatory requirements.
The webinar’s key segment, “What You Can Do — Now,” will guide asset owners in developing practical compliance strategies, drawing on expertise from grid operators and industry specialists. Uri Sadot, CEO of SolarDefend and Chairman of the Digitalization Workstream at SolarPower Europe, will present actionable insights on leveraging digital tools for monitoring, reporting, and ensuring regulatory compliance in solar asset management. He will also cover best practices for integrating advanced data analytics, cybersecurity measures, and predictive maintenance strategies to help asset owners reduce operational risks while meeting evolving regulatory requirements.
The event will conclude with a live discussion and Q&A, allowing attendees to engage directly with all speakers on technical, legal, operational, and strategic questions, ensuring actionable takeaways for future PV plant operations.
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Speakers
Covering online news on the German market and editing the German print issue since 2021, Marian has been writing about power electronics for pv magazine’s global website and monthly print magazine since 2018.
Uri Sadot is CEO of SolarDefend and Chairman of the Digitalization Workstream at SolarPower Europe. He previously worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, and holds a gradate degree focused on Security Studies from Princeton University. Uri is passionate to ensure that renewable energy deployment is cyber-secure from the start, preventing costly and disruptive retroactive fixes down the line.
Fabian Michel is Head of Cyber Security & Operational Technology (OT) at BELECTRIC, one of Europe’s leading service providers in the development, construction, and operation of solar power plants and battery storage systems. He joined BELECTRIC as Team Lead Operational Technology in 2021, implementing complex OT solutions for BELECTRIC’s projects across Europe. Prior to his time at BELECTRIC, he held positions such as Technical Consultant for IT Security and System Administrator at various companies.
Dr. Florian Eisenmenger is a certified specialist IT lawyer at Osborne Clarke’s Munich office. He advises clients on legal issues arising from digital transformation with a special focus on digital and cybersecurity law, with a particular focus on all aspects of data protection law and compliance requirements under cybersecurity law (NIS2, CER, CRA). He is part of Osborne Clarke’s German IT Practice Group.
Daniel dos Santos, VP Research at Cybersecurity company Forescout, will be taking the stage to provide us with an in-depth overview of the attack in Poland. Together, we will discuss in greater technical detail what exactly happened, which attack vectors and technologies were used, where the vulnerabilities lay, what the attackers were and were not able to achieve, and which components of the sites were actually targeted.
Moderator
Emiliano joined pv magazine in March 2017. He has been reporting on solar and renewable energy since 2009. Emiliano is responsible for the daily news coverage on pv-magazine.com with a particular focus on European market.
Emiliano also covers new technology, R&D, installations and company financial reporting. In its previous experience as a journalist, Emiliano has written about EdTech and new language technologies.
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