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 · Virtual
Upcoming sessions
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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
Why does process control security need its own training?
Because industrial automation and control systems (IACS) demand different defences from traditional IT — countermeasures and operating procedures built for OT rather than borrowed from the corporate network. The training addresses the protection of assets in a process control environment, from asset identification and impact assessment through risk analysis, countermeasures, application diagnostics and incident response for the plant floor.
What role does IEC 62443 play in the programme?
IEC 62443, the process control security standard, is the backbone of the training. The cohort works through its structure, the process control assets it requires you to protect, and how to address security risks systematically — then applies it to uncovering the threats and vulnerabilities affecting a process or plant before an attacker exploits them.
Who should attend, and is the training available in French?
It is designed for operations and maintenance personnel, process control operators and engineers, process, plant and project managers, instrumentation technicians and engineers, system integrators and cybersecurity managers. BIZENIUS delivers it in English and French, with in-house editions tailored to your plant; sessions run on a rolling calendar with dates confirmed on request, and fees are provided on enquiry.
Who teaches this
Practitioners, not presenters.
Led by risk and cybersecurity practitioners who have owned security and technology-risk accountability in regulated institutions and advised boards through incidents, alongside data-privacy specialists who have implemented the regimes they teach. The emphasis is governance and decision-making, taught by people who have had to make the call.
What the bench brings
- Information security governance and risk assessment
- Security management systems, audit and certification
- Data protection and privacy compliance
- Cloud, network and industrial-control security
- Offshore construction, drilling and FPSO safety
- Recognised oil and gas safety certificates
Where they have practised
Current and former practitioners — people who hold the seat today alongside those who have held it.
Sectors: Technology & fintech · Banking & financial services · Government & public sector · Insurance
Regions: Africa · the Middle East · Europe · Asia · the Americas
How they teach
- Incident and breach scenario exercises
- Hands-on labs and control walk-throughs
- Board-briefing role plays
- Exam-style knowledge checks and quizzes
- A personal action plan
Cohorts are kept small so every exercise is worked on the participants’ own situations — in person or live virtual.
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