Energy Magazine February 2021 | Page 23

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE OF THE PARTNERSHIP HOLD ?
Siemens : “ This alignment in Asia is somewhat recent . It ’ s important to expand that knowledge base of Siemens Energy strategy and vice versa to get a closer mutual message . From a solutions perspective , it would be to adopt further and gain deeper insight into how Tenable ’ s technology is provided and get a closer collaboration on the R & D to get a more integrated offering to our clients for a quicker turnaround to get to that ultimate outcome for our clients .”
Mex Martinot , Vice President and Head of Asia , Industrial Cyber and Digital Security
Tenable : “ Innovation is the key to success in any technology business . Don ’ t stop innovating or creating new things . I see closer collaboration with Siemens
Energy moving forward . We make each other better .”
Richard Bussiere , Technical Director , Tenable , APAC
23 search for attack vectors . When IT and OT converge , breaches in IT can serve as a conduit to compromising sensitive OT environments and vice versa , paving the way for more cyber threats .
What ’ s driving these digital threats against critical energy infrastructure ? COVID is a visible example but certainly not the only force : It ’ s driven nearly entire workforces that had operated physical assets on-site to begin accessing them remotely . That ’ s introduced countless digital entry points for attackers to exploit .
“ Threat actors are using this exposure that they ’ re very well aware of to execute targeted attacks that look at these vulnerable points that are now exposed , and then exploit them ,” Martinot says . energydigital . com