Cybersecurity
The report on data from the Cybernews Business Digital Index also revealed that only 10% of top oil and gas firms passed a basic cybersecurity assessment. The rest failed.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said in a recent alert that cyberattackers are going after industrial control systems and supervisory control and data acquisition systems.
The rapid development of oil and gas intelligent operations depends on artificial intelligence, automation, and data analytics to achieve optimal conditions in oil and gas operations.
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One of the foremost threats companies face today is that posed by cybercriminals, and the unique vulnerabilities of companies in the oil and gas sector create heightened cybersecurity risks for those pursuing transactions in the sector. -
The kingdom and the oil and gas industry have been slow to shore up defenses, raising red flags about the possibility of longer-term fallout in the region, experts said, including those who have responded to incidents in the region.
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Saudi Aramco, BP, and Schlumberger pride themselves on staying at the forefront of digital technology development and deployment. But an equally daunting challenge for the industry heavyweights is keeping their ever-expanding digital systems secure.
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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.
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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.
