Title :
Addressing cyber security for the oil, gas and energy sector
Author :
Rob, Rafat ; Tural, Tolga ; McLorn, Gareth W. ; Sheikh, Abdullah ; Hassan, Asif
Abstract :
The rapid spread of cyber threats and attacks are forcing many organizations to rethink their cyber security policies and standards. The latest cyber-attacks are well structured, organized, vicious, destructive and exceptionally sophisticated. The new reality of relentless cyber-attacks is causing havoc at a high level within oil and energy companies. There is a great need for developing and establishing new processes and policies with which to train a new “tech savvy” generation of professionals; who can then create and implement solid, systematic and sound cyber security policies. Cyber defense standards cannot be achieved fast enough to deal with this evolving threat.
Keywords :
energy security; gas industry; government policies; oil technology; power system security; cyber defense standards; cyber security policies; cyber security standards; cyber threats; energy companies; energy sector; gas sector; oil companies; oil sector; Computer security; Grippers; Power systems; Protocols; Relays; Standards;
Conference_Titel :
North American Power Symposium (NAPS), 2014
Conference_Location :
Pullman, WA
DOI :
10.1109/NAPS.2014.6965377