Cybersecurity For Pipeline, Gas Companies

摘要

From a regulatory and compliance perspective, the pipeline industry seems to be following in the footsteps of the power industry (with NERC CIP) - and, as a result, mandatory compliance may be looming. Pipeline operators have a tremendous opportunity to think beyond the bureaucracy of compliance and regulation and understand that cybersecurity is really about ensuring sage, reliable and expected system behavior. The benefits of a long-term security strategy allows pipeline operators time to socialize the concept of security, increase employee support, induce a security culture and spread the costs and effort over a greater length of time. The process is ongoing, with regular assessments, and the attendant remediation activities, managed to continue the industrial IT investment with additional services and training, and assurance that the critical infrastructure is protected. And the process continues.