Action Remains Best Defense Against Pipeline Cyberattack

摘要

Can a group of businesses as geographically and functionally diverse as the midstream sector of the oil and gas industry find common solutions to today's most pressing challenges? When it comes to cybersecu-rity, we believe the answer is "Yes."In 2018, Jones Walker LLP's energy and cybersecurity teams conducted a survey of the maritime industry's cybersecurity preparedness. We wanted to help maritime companies better understand the cyber-threats they face and develop a set of takeaways and actionable best practices that could enable participant companies to increase their cyber-resilience.In early 2020, we focused our analysis on the natural next step in our nation's energy infrastructure: midstream oil and gas companies. Companies in this sector employ tens of thousands of individuals, manage millions of miles of pipelines and terminals from coast to coast, and rely on a vast array of data management, communications, decision support and other technologies to conduct day-to-day and strategic operations.