Cyber security

The majority of companies across the U.S. oil and gas industry are at risk of a successful cyber breach according to BreachBits, a cyber risk rating and monitoring company that evaluates and tests organizations from a hacker’s perspective.

Modern offshore operations are highly complex, generating tens of thousands of data points and transmitting them to onshore control centers across multiple types of networks. Offshore facilities also include technologies from many suppliers that interface with the main process control system, each with their own cybersecurity profile. Mature, proven control systems are often selected but require interfaces to new technologies. In this heterogeneous environment that combines old and new, understanding what's on the network can be a significant challenge. Similarly, tracking and managing patches, obsolescence, antivirus, and hardening profiles multiplies in complexity. Many IT offerings do not contemplate these environments so the industry is turning to customized OT cybersecurity products. Register for this free webinar and you will learn - Why cybersecurity is a critical consideration when implementing a de-manning strategy What are the current technologies that are being used in offshore digitalization and threat profiles How to reduce cybersecurity risk for offshore operations

This webinar will provide practical insights and timely intelligence to share how improving cyber security in your oil and gas operations can help provide better and more valuable business outcomes. Attendees will hear about real life cyber security incidents and the steps organizations took to improve the situation. Join speaker Tiffany Hockensmith to gain a better understanding of: • How to protect critical infrastructure • The approach needed to improve cyber resilience • How to ensure an effective incident response plan • How defense mechanisms should be allocated to technology, processes and staff

The U.S. wants to fund research targeting improved cybersecurity for the nation’s power grid and the oil and natural gas industry.

A cyberattack on U.S. natural gas pipelines has lawmakers considering tighter regulation.

At least four U.S. pipeline companies have seen their electronic systems for communicating with customers shut down over the last few days, with three confirming it resulted from a cyberattack.

A system that digitally processes customer transactions for a major pipeline network in the U.S. was shut down Monday after a cyber attack.

While threatening cyber activity has reportedly cost the U.S. billions of dollars in recent years, Siemens is taking additional steps to protect critical infrastructure related to the energy sector through its new cybersecurity initiative, Charter of Trust.