Cybersecurity
This paper presents an integrated view of three key areas of knowledge that typically are addressed individually—cybersecurity, process safety, and human factors—from the perspective of cybersecurity.
With a rapid transition toward renewable energy, the energy sector has an increased reliance on technology. This makes it particularly vulnerable with regard to cybersecurity.
Cyber risks facing the oil and gas industry continue to grow. Legal requirements, likewise, are continuing to expand. This article summarizes how these trends may affect oil and gas companies and describes steps companies can take to stay ahead of the curve.
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Nicknamed “warshipping,” the hacking technique allows remote infiltration of corporate networks by hiding a remote-controlled scanning device designed to penetrate a wireless network inside a package. -
The author argues that the advent of cloud technology should not be regarded as a further challenge to security but an opportunity to revitalize and improve a company’s defenses dramatically.
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Cybersecurity firm Dragos has identified a new threat to the oil and gas industry, HEXANE. The company has also released a report assessing the cybersecurity environment in oil and gas.
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As the global oil and gas industry grasps the benefits that digitalization, automation, machine learning, and artificial intelligence can bring to production and profitability, its relatively immature cyber systems are making it an attractive soft target for hackers.
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The partnership opportunity is designed to spur the development of next-generation tools and technologies that will become widely adopted throughout the energy sector to reduce the risk that a cyber incident could disrupt the country’s energy system.
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Cyberattacks on energy infrastructure have become a headline affair in recent years, and the costs of not addressing the threats they pose can be catastrophic. What are the responses, and how does the convergence of IT and OT help close the security gaps?
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Woodside has invested in Sapien Cyber, a Western Australian company specializing in the protection and security of critical infrastructure.
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The TRITON/TRISIS/HatMan malware incident proved that the worlds of process safety and industrial control systems should be looked at holistically, not just from the standpoint of potential cyberthreats.
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Most businesses understand that data is essential to improving operational performance and that data technologies provide opportunities for more-accurate risk assessment and control of safety-critical systems. Nonetheless, statistics show that the threat of cybercrime is growing.
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Texas Sen. John Cornyn introduced legislation that would extend authority over the cybersecurity of oil and natural gas pipelines, as well as liquefied natural gas facilities, to the secretary of energy.
