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U.S. Oil and Gas: Serious Security Concerns Abound

April 12, 2017
Robert Bergman

A recent Ponemon Institute study stated a majority of respondents (68%) had at least one security compromise in the past year resulting in the loss of confidential information or OT disruption. What else do the numbers show?

– 66% say that cyber threats risk to industrial control systems (ICSs) has substantially increased over the past few years.
– 61% percent say their ICS protection and security is inadequate.
– 63% attribute this to outdated and aging control systems.
– 61% say using standard IT products with known vulnerabilities in the production environment adds to this risk.

The Bedrock Open Secure Automation platform is designed with intrinsic cyber defense of the system hardware and supply chain. Using PKI and advanced encryption, this approach extends cyber defense to the automation networks and applications to deliver comprehensive ICS cyber defense at the lowest cost. Want to learn more? Watch the video here.