CYBER SECURITY
90 % of organisations experienced at least one OT system intrusion
65 % have experienced three or more Fortinet ' s ' 2020 State of Operational Technology and Cybersecurity Report ' The increasing digitalisation of critical infrastructure sectors such as oil and gas , and the associated industrial systems , is changing the nature of cyber risks . As digitalisation drives growth and transition to net-zero emissions , the energy sector ’ s ecosystem has become increasingly decentralised and complex .
According to the 2021 Global Risks Report , cybersecurity failures are among the top mid-term threats facing the world .
“ Cybersecurity is becoming a corporate strategic challenge requiring the highest level of oversight in the complex global industrial environment ,” it notes .
Other recent cyber-attacks like those on a Florida water plant and a Solarwinds software provider further emphasised that the success of these events will depend on the shortcomings of the measures in place to mitigate these threats .
With hackers launching a cyberattack every 39 seconds ( a daily total of 2,244 attacks ), the modern business landscape is seeing an increasing volume of cybersecurity threats from increasingly sophisticated cybercriminals , according to Fortinet .
Kaspersky found in the first half of 2020 , the percentage of ICS computers attacked in the engineering and ICS integration sector grew by nearly eight percentage points , and by nearly seven percentage points and 6.2 percentage points in the building automation and oil & gas sectors , respectively . Overall , the
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