Cybersecurity for Energy and Chemicals
Manage disruption while addressing critical cyber risks
Cybersecurity is not just an IT issue. These days, energy and chemicals companies are increasingly becoming targets of cyberattacks targeting their operational technology (OT) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems.
A range of factors, including acceleration of technology and automation, supply chain issues, cyberattacks, and climate change, are impacting these companies as they face mounting challenges while seeking to capture exciting opportunities, including:
- Increasing application of cyber-physical systems, such as IIoT, OT, and industrial control system (ICS), which comes with the challenge of securing an ever-expanding attack surface.
- Embracing technology and digital modernization to reshape the operating landscape and reap the benefits of higher efficiency and cost savings.
- Improving supply chain resilience and reliability in order to limit third-party risk and disruptions.
- Establishing commitments and strategies to meet environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals, which will drive the need to evolve risk management.
As forward-leaning energy and chemicals companies prepare for potential disruption, refine their efficiency with technology, and adapt to increasingly stringent policies, they will need to capitalize on opportunities and address critical cyber risks.
OT cybersecurity program helps chemicals company scale operations
Learn how a global supplier of chemicals leveraged Deloitte’s OT cybersecurity team to quickly develop and implement an OT cybersecurity program following leading practices from our OT governance framework and top 20 OT cybersecurity practices.
5 preventive actions you can take now
Protecting mission-critical operations from cybercriminals and nation states is urgent as energy and chemicals organizations are being targeted. Read five things you should know, and five steps you can take today, to improve the health of your OT security program.
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