What Needs to Happen with Cybersecurity in Oil, Gas
What Keeps You Up at Night
Taking cues from industries such as the financial services sector, considered by some as the poster child for cybersecurity, Deskus said it’s good to determine how to bring that vein of thinking into the oil and gas industry.
And while the industry transitions into that way of thinking, it’s people that keeps oil and gas leaders up at night in regards to security challenges.
“It’s people and people’s behaviors. The reason why I would pick that above everything else is because you can put the best controls in place and have the best framework and feel pretty confident, but it only takes one action – either intentional or not – to just kick off that domino effect,” Deskus said.
Maddox shared a similar sentiment, likening it to someone breaking into your home.
“If somebody wants in your house, they’re going to get into your house. There may be barriers in place – people with guns, for example – but the real fear is that your teenage son opens the door and lets [the burglar] in. He turns the alarm off because he’s convinced it’s safe,” Maddox said. “As we continue to bring forth [newer, better] technologies, extraordinarily talented and smart people are not all technology people. So things that seem normal to people can pose extreme risks.”
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