Cyber security

Webcast

Cyber Threats in the Oil and Gas Industry - Understanding Defense, Detection and Response

June 30, 2020
Rockwell Automation
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
News
February 20, 2020
A recent ransomware attack caused a U.S. natural gas compressor facility to shut for two days, the latest in a string of attacks targeting the country’s energy infrastructure over the past few years.
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December 19, 2019
Wärtsilä has been awarded Lloyd’s Register system-level cyber certification for its network architecture relating to Wärtsilä’s integrated main and auxiliary machinery.
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July 30, 2019
Emerson opens its newest cybersecurity lab to help manufacturers confidently adopt digital transformation strategies, while protecting the integrity of their plant operations, networks, systems and data.
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May 07, 2019
Bright and early on Monday morning, in a special press briefing on the first day of the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Siemens and TÜV SÜD announced that they are coming together to address the growing risk of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure.
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April 29, 2019
In a deal that puts a spotlight on the shadowy world of cyberwarfare, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. agreed to acquire KeyW Holding Corp. for about $603 million, increasing its number of employees with top-secret government access by 50%.
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April 29, 2019
The UK’s cybersecurity agency said it won’t automatically share information about data breaches with the country’s data privacy regulator.
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April 29, 2019
In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010, the U.S. Department of the Interior launched a series of aggressive reforms to improve safety in offshore well operations.
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April 29, 2019
ARC featured a considerable cybersecurity track at this year’s Industry Forum in Orlando, and convergence of safety and cybersecurity was a major topic.
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September 04, 2018
As cybersecurity threats to the oil and gas industry have grown exponentially, various strategies have been deployed to safeguard companies’ computer and control systems. One new technology in particular, blockchain, has emerged as a highly innovative and effective solution.
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August 29, 2018
While the global oil and gas industry seems to have plenty of innovation and new thinking to show off at ONS this year, there is a group of folks that thinks it is coming up short in one specific area and that would be fighting cybersecurity threats adequately.
News
August 24, 2018
As companies come together to discuss innovation and how to redefine themselves in this digital environment, Siemens will focus on Topsides 4.0, cybersecurity, subsea power, and energy storage solutions at the upcoming Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) trade fair, August 27-30 in Stavanger, Norway, Booth #2550.
News
July 31, 2018
With hacking attacks mounting against U.S. energy companies, guarding the sector will be a top priority for a new cybersecurity effort, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said on Tuesday.
Whitepaper

The Four Types of Threat Detection

July 31, 2018
Dragos
News
May 17, 2017
Darktrace, the leader in Enterprise and Industrial Immune System technology, and Siemens, a global engineering and technology leader, have today announced they have entered into a strategic partnership to bring cutting-edge cyber defense for operational technology (OT) to electric utilities and the oil and gas industry.
News
March 30, 2017
Deloitte has announced plans to expand its cyber risk platform for end-to-end industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technologies (OT) security with next generation technology enabled by Dragos, a cybersecurity company focusing on securing ICS and OT networks.
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February 21, 2017
ABS, a provider of classification and technical services to the marine and offshore industries, has issued its first notation for the ABS Guide for Cybersecurity Implementation for the Marine and Offshore Industries.
Whitepaper

Security Measures Industrial Hackers Hope You Ignore: An overview for oil and gas industry executives on assessing and mitigating industrial network security risks

December 01, 2015
Siemens
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