US pipeline hack reveals blind spot

摘要

PRESIDENT Joe Biden is scheduled to meet prominent members of industry on 25 August to discuss ways to improve cybersecurity.While that is all well and good, the US is well beyond the point of mere discussion when it comes to improving the security of its cyber networks.The horse is not only out of the barn, it has left the pasture -and the federal government and private businesses are just now getting round to closing the barn door.No industry should be more conscious of the potential dangers caused by hackers than the oil and gas sector, but - like others - it has been slow at best to respond to the threat. The attack on the Colonial Pipeline in May jarred the industry, but it should not have.