The New Cybersecurity Risks for OT/IT in Energy and Utilities
5 ways to mitigate emerging cyber threats to critical infrastructure
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Recent attacks this year on US firms has moved cybersecurity at critical infrastructure organizations, like oil and gas, firmly onto the radar of homeland security. The Biden administration has been working on a range of measures – some mandatory and some not – to strengthen cyber security in the sector. While the Biden administration has certainly started paying attention in a big way, cyber security risks for energy and utilities companies are nothing new. The industry is particularly attractive to would be attackers because of its strategic importance.
But while cyber security has been a hot topic in IT for decades, it is newly emerging as a key area for OT as digital convergence creates new opportunities for bad actors to take control of critical infrastructure. At Oil and Gas IQ’s recent Cyber Security event we assembled experts from across the energy and utilities industries to discuss proactive steps you can take to address these challenges head on. Download this whitepaper to:
- Understand the ways that IT and OT are converging and how that’s increasing the risk to your business
- Gain insight into the new “threat landscape” for cyber and what it means to you
- Learn 5 practical proactive steps you can take right now to mitigate emerging cyber risks
