Defending the oil industry from cyber threats
Within a single assignment, PA worked with BP to help protect not only their people, operations and reputation, but also critical national infrastructures and the environment.
BP, a global leader in the petrochemicals industry, places huge importance on health, safety, security and the environment. It sets itself to tackle risks – such as cyber threats – before they become reality. For companies such as BP, a key high-risk area is the industrial process control and automation systems that keep their businesses running safely. Effective process control security can make the difference between a normal day at work and disaster.
Protecting these systems was a huge task for a global company with hundreds of business-critical assets, including oil refineries, chemical plants, pipelines, oil rigs and production platforms.
BP required specific skills at a scale that it could not find in sufficient quantity within its own ranks:
• expertise in process control system security
• proven delivery capability.
PA was the only consulting organisation that could offer BP this combination and deliver the solution it needed.
PA successfully worked with BP to develop an innovative, industry-leading, devolved, risk management framework and roll it out across the company, from Alaska to Azerbaijan. The new framework has helped not only BP but the entire industry and all the countries where it operates – and already saved plant, animal and human life.
