Cybersecurity

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(P&GJ) — Following the attack on the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline a year ago, NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg discussed the protection of critical infrastructure with NATO’s members. He made a special point of reaching out to German leaders and to Denmark’s defense minister, since this is the country closest to the damage.

(P&GJ) — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced an update to its Security Directive regarding oil and natural gas pipeline cybersecurity. This revised directive will continue the effort to reinforce cybersecurity preparedness and resilience for the nation's critical pipelines.

CSE said Russian-aligned actors were trying to compromise the networks of Canadian critical infrastructure providers, organizations in the oil and gas sector.

The United States had intelligence of a detailed Ukrainian plan to attack the Nord Stream pipeline three months before it was bombed, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing leaked information posted online.

The U.S. State Department warned that China could launch cyber attacks against critical infrastructure, including oil and gas pipelines after researchers discovered a Chinese hacking group had been spying on such networks.

API published its third edition of Standard Pipeline Control Systems Cybersecurity, underscoring the natural gas and oil industry’s ongoing commitment to protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure from malicious and potentially disruptive cyberattacks.

The White House unveiled a plan to beef up cybersecurity in the nation's water sector, an extension of its efforts to thwart attacks against critical infrastructure including natural gas pipeline operators.

The Transportation Security Administration is overhauling its strategy for cybersecurity in the pipeline sector.

Today’s digital world defines so much of the global society from finances to socialization, education to work and play. It is no surprise that the energy sector, too, is increasingly digitized and data-driven.

The federal Transportation Security Administration is moving quickly to ramp up the ability of utilities and pipelines to defend themselves against future cyberattacks.

The Colonial Pipeline attack should serve as a wake-up call for organizations in critical infrastructure and advanced manufacturing — now is the time to implement a standards-based approach to risk assessment and mitigation.

Working together with industry and government, the American Petroleum Institute has taken a major step to enhance protection of critical pipeline infrastructure by publishing the 3rd edition of Standard 1164, Pipeline Control Systems Cybersecurity.