Cassidian CyberSecurity wins contract with Middle East oil and gas company
The contract consists of establishing governance of the company's IT security of Industrial Control Systems (ICS), also called SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition). The objective is to define the accountability of SCADA security within the company and the roles and responsibilities of the various stakeholders, mainly from IT and Automation departments. The consultancy also includes an audit of the architecture and interfaces.
Guy Meguer, general manager of Cassidian CyberSecurity in the Middle East, said: "Energy utilities are under enormous threats from cyber attacks, and this may particularly affect the oil and gas industry. This is why Cassidian CyberSecurity has developped a specific integrated offer, capable of defending and monitoring Industrial Control Systems used in the oil and gas industries. The best defence for any Industrial Control System is to design an overall security architecture that provides defence in depth across the different components."
Cassidian had conducted extensive research into the challenges of securing industrial control systems against attacks and compromise that would target critical energy plants, water and electricity distribution, or similar vital assets. The challenge is to identify an approach that enables necessary defences without creating additional risks for the architecture and operating procedures. Therefore, Cassidian CyberSecurity has developed a complete approach which provides a whole-life solution and integrates the best solutions into a single package.
Cassidian is under contract to provide high grade cryptography products from the UK into the region and has the largest market share of this extremely demanding security business.
Michael Stevens, ceo of Cassidian UK said: “Cassidian UK is actively supporting the cybersecurity communities of interest in the Middle East and UK Cyber experts are working in the region currently. The discovery of Stuxnet and Shamoon has shown that networks critical to business and operations in the Middle East are the target of attackers who are prepared to devote considerable resources to this subject.”
