Chemical Focus


Sean McDonagh outlines the importance of safeguarding chemical manufacturing control systems from unwanted attacks and adopting a multi-layered strategic approach to minimise risk.


Sean McDonagh fasst die Bedeutung des Schutzes von Steuersystemen in der Chemieproduktion vor unerwünschten Angriffen und der Anwendung eines mehrschichtigen strategischen Ansatzes zur Risikominimierung zusammen.


Sean McDonagh souligne l’importance de la protection des systèmes de contrôle de fabrication chimique contre les attaques indésirables et l’importance de l’adoption d’une approche stratégique à plusieurs niveaux pour minimiser les risques.


Minimising


cybersecurity risk for the chemical sector


T


he growing number of industrial cybersecurity attacks now being reported, together with Government initiatives


such as the formation of the Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership (CISP), has put the protection of industrial control systems firmly in the spotlight. Late in 2013, the Rt Hon Francis


Maude MP delivered the second of two reports regarding the UK’s ‘Cyber Security Strategy’ following an initial report three years earlier. The initial report set out the UK Government’s strategy and vision of ‘a vibrant, resilient and secure cyberspace’, providing a framework to guide our actions to ‘enhance prosperity, national


security and a strong society’. The strategy set out four clear objectives:


n To make the UK one of the most secure places in the world to do business in cyberspace


n To make the UK more resilient to cyber-attack and better able to protect our interests in cyberspace


n To help shape an open, vibrant and stable cyberspace that supports open societies


n To build the UK’s cyber security knowledge, skills and capability


The growing cyber attack threat is real and present for chemical manufacturers. At a gathering of manufacturers hosted by Siemens, a poll among delegates showed that nearly a third had been


The growing cyber attack threat is real and present for chemical manufacturers.


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