The SMi Oil & Gas Cyber Security conference held late last year in London offered an excellent overview of the problems facing oil and gas operators who are confronted to multiple IT and process security risks. Oil and gas, according to chairman Ed Hamilton (Price Waterhouse Coopers) is one of the most heavily targeted sectors. Attacks come from groups focusing on espionage or sabotage. PwC has identified several state-backed groups targeting oils and has responded to 'a number of severe network intrusions in oil and gas companies.' Moreover, while such attacks are on the increase, regular firewalls, antivirus and spam gateways are 'not likely to detect an attack specifically tailored to get into your network.'
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