Cyber security

It has become apparent that securing the industry against cyber criminality is a priority, to mitigate the existential threat to business functionality. There are a multitude of actions that operators can take to achieve battle-readiness in this era of unprecedented instability.

DNV outlines how energy companies must address the increasingly common, complex and creative cyber threats facing their organizations.

The white paper provides accessible advice for overcoming hurdles in designing, building and operating OT security programs. These recommendations include setting goals and responsibilities to determine vulnerabilities, selecting countermeasures and governance systems, implementing controls, and embedding assurance schemes.

Offshore U.S. oil and natural gas installations are “at significant risk” of cyber-attack, according to a federal watchdog that warned of a potential disaster on par with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout.

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

Wärtsilä has been awarded Lloyd’s Register system-level cyber certification for its network architecture relating to Wärtsilä’s integrated main and auxiliary machinery.