From Power Grids to Water Networks: Are Critical Services Cyber-Ready?

In the Middle East, power grids, desalination plants, and water networks are the region’s lifeline. However, its growing dependence on interconnected electricity grids, desalination plants, smart meters, cloud platforms, and industrial Internet of Things ( IIoT ) is expanding the cyberattack surface. Electric grids and utilities have become high-value cyber targets, with the energy sector ranked as the world’s fourth most attacked industry in 2025, according to DeepStrike.