National Grid, Centrica, Europol, Petrofac, Tullow Oil to speak at Oil & Gas Cyber Security 2014

LONDON - Sept. 17, 2014 - PRLog -- Graham Wright, Chief Information Security Officer & Head of Digital Risk, National Grid, will be speaking on Day 1 of the conference on “The Strategic Balance of Risk in The Energy Sector”. Other key speakers include Avtar Sehmbi (Head, Information Security & Risk Management), Centrica; Troels Oerting (Head, European Cybercrime Centre), Europol; Chris Gibson (Director), Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) UK; Mounir Kamal (Incidents Handling and Digital Forensics Manager), Q-CERT; Faheem Siddiqui (Group Information Security Manager), Petrofac; Alessandro Marzi (ICT Manager Security Standards & Architecture), Eni, plus many more at this year’s event.

The two-day programme will build on the success of the 2013 event by discussing recent efforts to bolster protection of highly valuable intellectual property and commercially sensitive information on production, exploration plans and assets through project updates, case studies, live demonstrations, technology sessions, panel debates and networking opportunities.

Oil and Gas Cyber Security- 2014 is the perfect platform for hearing about lessons learned in the field from oil and gas operators.

Benefits of Attending:
• Address the most pressing cyber security issues facing the oil and gas sector with key presentations and case studies delivered by senior industry decision makers
• Hear from operators such as Centrica, National Grid, Eni, Petrofac and Tullow Oil
• Understand how government organisations can support efforts against attacks
• Watch live demonstrations to understand where attacks are targeted
• Discuss how social engineering should be the key focus in projecting your networks
• What are the latest developments and technology you can use for SCADA attacks
• Recognise new, key, regulations and legislation that affects your operations

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Event’s sponsors: Bit 9, FOX IT, IGUANA, LogRhythm and Waterfall Security Solutions

Gas to Liquids – 2014 is supported by: Gas Infrastructure Europe - GIE (Official Supporting Association), Interfax Energy, MindCommerce, OilVoice, E&P Daily, OilIT, Tech Week Europe, WorldOils and many more.

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Sponsorship: contact Alia Malick on +44 (0) 207 827 6168 or amalick@smi-online.co.uk
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