Process Control Cyber-Security: Securing Your Oil & Gas Assets
Protecting industrial automation and control systems in oil and gas — IEC 62443, asset identification, risk assessment and OT incident response.
Format
Classroom · Live Virtual
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Three out of four oil and natural gas organisations in the Middle East have suffered a security compromise costing confidential data or operational technology (OT) disruption, according to a Siemens–Ponemon Institute study — and organisations believe roughly one in two attacks on the OT environment goes undetected. The industry draws as much as half of all cyber attacks in the region. This training addresses the protection of assets in a process control environment, where industrial automation and control systems (IACS) demand different defences from traditional IT. The cohort works through the IEC 62443 process control security standard, asset identification and impact assessment, risk analysis, countermeasures, application diagnostics and incident response for the plant floor.
What you will do
Who attends
- Operations and maintenance personnel
- Process control operators and engineers
- Process, plant and project managers
- Instrumentation technicians and engineers
- System integrators and cybersecurity managers
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.OT is not IT
- The current industrial security environment in oil and gas
- IACS and why they need protection traditional IT does not provide
- What the Siemens–Ponemon findings mean for the region’s operators
II.IEC 62443 in practice
- The process control security standard and its structure
- Process control assets to be protected
- Addressing security risks systematically
III.Risk assessment
- Asset identification and impact assessment
- Discovering threats and vulnerabilities affecting a process or plant
- Risk analysis, risk identification and countermeasure selection
IV.Countermeasures and response
- Implementing process control security countermeasures
- Application diagnostics and troubleshooting
- Cybersecurity operating procedures and incident response
Frequently asked
Which security frameworks do the programmes work with?
The frameworks security teams are audited against — including ISO 27001, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and GDPR obligations — plus industrial control-system security for oil, gas and utilities environments. BIZENIUS does not certify against these standards; participants leave able to run the risk assessments, write the ISMS documentation and prepare the evidence an auditor asks for.
Is there cybersecurity content for boards and non-technical executives?
Yes. Dedicated programmes address risk and cybersecurity for board members, and cyber governance, risk and compliance for executives, alongside practitioner-level depth for security teams — from emerging threats and countermeasures to fraud detection and investigation. Boards leave knowing which questions to put to their CISO, and what a satisfactory answer looks like.
How is pricing handled for cybersecurity programmes?
There is no public rate card. The fee arrives in the proposal, shaped by format, location and any tailoring — request the brochure and a senior practitioner replies within one business day with the details.
Can security training run inside our own environment?
Yes. Every programme runs in-house, tailored to your threat model, your sector and your control environment — including operational-technology settings such as process-control systems. Delivery is in English or French, on site or as a private live virtual cohort.
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