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Colonial Pipeline remains offline after ransomware attack

May 10, 2021

Colonial Pipeline, which operates the biggest gasoline conduit to the East Coast, said it has no estimate on when it could restart the 5,500-mile pipeline that it shut Friday after a cyberattack. The company took systems offline to contain the threat, temporarily halting all pipeline operations and affecting some IT system. In a statement, the company said the Colonial Pipeline operations team is developing a system restart plan, and while their mainlines remain offline, some smaller lateral lines between terminals and delivery points are now operational.

critical infrastructure bill would give more power to CISA over control on cyberattacks in the sector

Bill introduced by lawmakers would give CISA more control over critical infrastructure attacks

March 12, 2021

Bipartisan House lawmakers introduced a bill this week intended to protect critical infrastructure from cyberattacks following the latest unsuccessful attack on a Florida water treatment facility.

Bitdefender: Spearphishing Campaigns Targeting Oil and Gas Industry

April 22, 2020

Bitdefender researchers have recently found spearphishing campaigns, either impersonating a well-known Egyptian engineering contractor or a shipment company, dropping the Agent Tesla spyware Trojan.

GE Global Research's Global Security Director, Elizabeth Gildea

Securing Innovation, the GE Way

GE’s new Oil & Gas Technology Center is a balanced mixture of high-end security technology and a strong customer focus.

Diane Ritchey

May 1, 2017

In April 1995, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Study Finds Gaps in Oil and Gas Cybersecurity

Kylie Bull

April 1, 2017

A survey of U.S. oil and gas cybersecurity risk managers indicates that the deployment of cybersecurity measures in the industry isn’t keeping pace with the growth of digitalization in oil and gas operations.

Study Reveals Cybersecurity Readiness Gaps in Oil and Gas Industry

February 18, 2017

How can you advance your career in the security industry with the skills and competencies necessary to benefit your organization? What will the security executive and the security function of the future look like? Join us as we hear from veterans in the security industry about their experiences, their lessons learned, and best practices for advancing their careers.

Security measures today tend to focus on controlling access, albeit with limitations. Many organizations, for example, know how many people have entered a secure location, but not how many have left.