Oil and Gas Cyber Security Forum

by Terry Zink
A reader recently brought to my attention an upcoming conference in London in the UK — The Oil and Gas Cyber Security Forum. Here's a little blurb:

Despite investments into state of the art technology, a majority of the oil and gas industry remain blissfully unaware of the vulnerabilities, threats and capability of a malicious cyber attack on control systems.

The consequences of a cyber attack on the oil and gas industry's critical infrastructure would be disastrous, causing major disruption to the supply chain which emphasizes the need for the implementation of effective security measures mitigate the risk.
SMi Group's inaugural Oil and Gas Cyber Security Forum, taking place on 21-22 November 2011 in London, will bring together information security professionals from across the world to investigate the unique security challenges that the energy sector faces and methods of constructing effective security strategies.
The conference will include presentations from leading global oil and gas companies, hackers, consultants and other experts and will arm delegates with the knowledge to combat cyber threats global and national energy infrastructures.

I bring this up because it is relevant to the trends in cyber security that we see this year — that of the Advanced Persistent Threat. It is also relevant to my Son of Stuxnet post that I wrote yesterday.

See Terry's blog and the rest of this item at: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20111020_oil_and_gas_cyber_security_forum/