OT Cybersecurity for Oil & Gas
RIGHT-SIZED SOLUTIONS TO FIT ALL COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS
Data is one of your company’s most valuable assets. Implementing cybersecurity safeguards can help protect confidential manufacturing specifications, client records, exploration data, project research, and private communications.
Data intrusions aren’t limited to financial businesses as hackers have increasingly targeted the different elements of the oil & gas industry:
- Off-shore oil rigs
- Oil pipelines
- Natural gas distribution networks
- Refineries
- Manufacturing enterprises
Operational technology cybersecurity can help your organization identify vulnerabilities and implement robust defenses. LeveL5Cyber can help you implement and consult on protections for your organization’s data, equipment, control systems, and products with OT cybersecurity for Oil & Gas companies.
What We Offer
decades of hands-on experience
Operational focus to secure critical infrastructure
LeveL5Cyber offers advisory services that enable businesses to scale their operations and combat evolving threats. Our experts leverage decades of experience to provide solutions that optimize cybersecurity capabilities and drive towards program maturity.
Personnel Safety
Losing access to controls and failsafe measures for pipelines, manufacturing plants, and oil rigs can potentially turn intrusions into disasters. Cybersecurity for oil & gas companies can be a life-saving investment in such cases.
Operational Security
System intrusions and ransomware attacks can lock you out of your control systems, possibly leading your business to temporarily stop production. Every minute of downtime equals lost costs for oil & gas manufacturers.
Where We Fit In
LeveL5Cyber has decades of hands-on experience working in cybersecurity for the oil & gas industry to address their specific needs and requirements. Our team understands the unique challenges and processes that exist and how to bolster cyber defenses within these arenas.
Services That Align to this Industry
How Can OT Cybersecurity for Oil & Gas Manufacturers Protect Your Operations?
At LeveL5Cyber, we’re experts in custom operational security solutions for the oil & gas industry. We can provide guidance for your organization from risk assessments to secure integrations between your network and the equipment you need to protect. Contact us to learn more about our enterprise OT cybersecurity for oil & gas companies.
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Frequently Asked Questions
decades of hands-on experience
in cybersecurity
Organizations that have already taken steps to segment their manufacturing environments may realize that firewall hardware does not have the same long life expectancy that some traditional OT assets have. Similarly, firewall vendors generally don't support platforms in perpetuity either. So what happens at the end of that roughly 4-6 year lifespan? As if the cyber threats that organizations face weren't enough, old and unsupported firewalls pose a significant risk of a different nature. What happens if there is a hardware failure and there is no replacement available? And what is the overhead on the organization, and the risk, to replace hundreds of firewalls that are nearing the end of their support - before that support contract expires? LeveL5Cyber specializes in global programs of this nature including firewall refreshes, regardless of the platform or vendor, as well as implementing new firewalls for organizations that may not have begun their segmentation journey yet.
Segmenting a network means dividing it into smaller, isolated parts. In manufacturing environments, where the protection of sensitive information and critical infrastructure is particularly important, segmenting the network can be an effective way to reduce the risk of a cyberattack.
Industrial control systems (ICSs) are an integral part of critical infrastructures, helping to facilitate operations in vital industries such as electricity, oil and gas, water, transportation, manufacturing, and chemical manufacturing. The growing issue of cybersecurity and its impact on ICS highlights fundamental risks to the Nation’s critical infrastructure. Efficiently addressing ICS cybersecurity issues requires a clear understanding of the current security challenges and specific defensive countermeasures. A holistic approach—one that uses specific countermeasures implemented in layers to create an aggregated, risk-based security posture—helps to defend against cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities that could affect these systems. This approach, often referred to as Defense in Depth,
provides a flexible and useable framework for improving cybersecurity protection when applied to control systems.
An information system used to control industrial processes such as manufacturing, product handling, production, and distribution. Industrial control systems include supervisory control and data acquisition systems used to control geographically dispersed assets, as well as distributed control systems and smaller control systems using programmable logic controllers to control localized processes.
Ransomware is an ever-evolving form of malware designed to encrypt files on a device, rendering any files and the systems that rely on them unusable. Malicious actors then demand ransom in exchange for decryption. Ransomware actors often target and threaten to sell or leak exfiltrated data or authentication information if the ransom is not paid. Ransomware incidents can severely impact business processes and leave organizations without the data they need to operate and deliver mission-critical services. Ransomware incidents have become more destructive and impactful in nature and scope. The economic and reputational impacts of ransomware incidents, throughout the initial disruption and, at times, extended recovery, have also proven challenging for organizations large and small.
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