Turning Supply Chain Uncertainty into Measurable Threat Information
With wind power growing in the European grid, sophisticated adversaries are paying closer attention, recognising that a coordinated disruption of wind farms can undermine an entire region’s electricity supply. The operational technology systems that keep wind assets spinning are only as secure as the suppliers who build, integrate and maintain them. A cyberthreat assessment methodology, focused on deliberate system compromise by supply chain threats and developed by Accenture in collaboration with WindEurope, provides asset owners with an objective, evidence-based framework for evaluating how much risk each vendor introduces and where mitigation investment will have the greatest impact. Built around formal definitions of geopolitical risk, a structured scoring architecture, and alignment with international standards, it equips procurement and risk teams with a tool that is both analytically rigorous and operationally usable.
By Ignacio Paredes and Pedro Marín Fernandes, Accenture, Spain
