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More on the World Economic Forum’s Cyber Resilience Pledge.
As we noted yesterday, eighteen global oil and gas organizations have agreed to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Cyber Resilience Pledge, which, as the WEF explains, “aims to mobilize global commitment towards strengthening cyber resilience across industry ecosystems.” The goal of the initiative is to change how the concept of cyber resilience is perceived by helping industry see cybersecurity not as a cost, but as an opportunity to maximize a company’s business goals. Signers of the pledge commit to engaging their organizations' senior cyber leaders to develop global approaches and improve cyber resilience across ecosystems. Dragos CEO Robert M. Lee said, “Common industry-wide cyber resilience strengthens the Oil and Gas community while providing guidance for people to navigate their cybersecurity journey. As our world becomes more digitally connected it is imperative, especially for our industrial and operational technology, to ensure our infrastructure's secure and safe operation.”
Edward Liebig, Global Director of Cyber-Ecosystem at Hexagon PPM, commented on the relevance of the pledge to infrastructure security: "As the threats against Critical Infrastructure become more prevalent and brazen, there is a growing and deep concern for strengthening cyber resiliency across industry ecosystems. For the OT/ICS industry operators at large, this pledge makes a bold 'first step' statement of solidarity to reinforce that 'nobody is a competitor' when it comes to cybersecurity. 'We are in this together.”'There is much to do, however, ..
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