Mr Stefano Bracco
Security Team Leader , Director ’ s Office , EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators ( ACER )
Stefano Bracco is Knowledge Manager in the Corporate Services at the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators . Among his functions , he is also Security Officer since the foundation of the Agency .
He has been working in EU Institutions / Bodies for the past 20 years , focusing on implementation of policies in different areas . He has been a researcher and co-author of papers and books published in peer-reviewed international journals or presented at international scientific conferences , covering several topics ( Law , Cybersecurity , Energy , Nuclear Energy , Natural Language Processing and Bio-Informatics ).
He has an extensive knowledge of energy cybersecurity in Europe . He is chairman and co-chairman of Task Forces focusing on cybersecurity for Energy from a Regulatory perspective and member of the Expert Group 2 of the Smart Grid Task Force of the European Commission . He has been studying Computer Science at the University of Rome “ La Sapienza ”. He has been serving the EU Institutions and Bodies around Europe and is actually living in Slovenia , where the Agency is located .
" Cybersecurity for the Energy Sector : aftermath "
Cybersecurity in the Energy Sector in the European Union ( EU ) has been a hot topic for discussion in the past 6 years . Starting from the status of cybersecurity in the energy sector in the European Union , this presentation introduces all relevant legislation together with all the on-going discussions .
From this starting point , the presentation explores how the current COVID-19 pandemic changed the cybersecurity landscape in energy in very few days , and it proposes a “ way forward ” to maximise the effect of the current efforts and to address cybersecurity plans of the EU and of the energy operators . It provides also points for reflection for the future in order to explain and let the audience understand why cybersecurity efforts in energy are particularly sensitive and urgent in the current situation .