Roundtable Discussion on
Future of Cybersecurity in Power Sector 2047
Date: December 2025
New Delhi
As India advances toward its vision of Viksit Bharat @2047, the power sector will serve as the backbone of growth, electrifying industries, enabling digital economies, and supporting a clean energy transition. However, this increasing digitalization—through smart grids, IoT-enabled devices, distributed energy resources, and cloud adoption—also expands the sector’s cyber risk landscape. Critical assets such as SCADA systems, transmission networks, and renewable energy integration points are highly vulnerable to cyberattacks that can disrupt services, cause economic losses, and threaten national security.
Cybersecurity in the power sector is therefore not just a technology priority, but a national imperative. Building resilience requires embedding Zero Trust principles across IT and OT, leveraging AI-driven threat intelligence for real-time monitoring, and ensuring incident response frameworks are robust and well-tested. Collaboration between utilities, technology providers, and government agencies will be key to creating a secure ecosystem.
By 2047, the goal must be to establish a cyber-resilient power sector that anticipates threats, protects critical infrastructure, and sustains uninterrupted, reliable energy for citizens and industries. Cybersecurity, thus, becomes central to ensuring that India’s power sector is not only smart and sustainable, but also secure and future-ready.
Objective
- Discuss emerging cyber threats and vulnerabilities in critical power infrastructure.
- Explore strategies for building a resilient, secure, and future-ready power ecosystem.
- Highlight adoption of Zero Trust frameworks, AI-driven threat intelligence & incident responses
- Foster collaboration between utilities, technology providers, and government agencies.
- Ensure uninterrupted, reliable, and secure power delivery aligned with Viksit Bharat @2047 vision.
- Cybersecurity Priorities for the Power Sector
- Zero Trust Implementation in Power Utilities
- Public–Private Collaboration in Cybersecurity
- Digital Twins for Cyber Risk Simulation
- Cross-border threat intelligence sharing and collaboration
- AI/ML for predictive threat intelligence and anomaly detection
- Ethics and governance in AI-driven cybersecurity operations
- Preparing the power sector for quantum-resilient security solutions
Closed-door Roundtable (10–12 curated leaders)
Duration: 2–2.5 hours followed by networking dinner
Format: Moderator-led discussions, presentation by Palo Alto
Agenda
06:00 pm - 06:30 pm
Registration & Networking Tea
06:30 pm - 06:40 pm
Welcome Address and Context Setting
06:40 pm - 07:00 pm
Palo Alto Networks Leadership Talk
07:00 pm - 08:00 pm
Roundtable Discussion
08.00 pm – 08.10 pm
Closing Remarks & Way Forward
08.10 pm Onwards
Networking Dinner
If you have any queries, please write to Prem Kumar, [email protected], +91- 8076031935