Following Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack, Oil and Natural Gas Companies Must Prepare for New Regulations and Added Scrutiny of Cybersecurity Programs

The May 7, 2021, ransomware attack against Colonial Pipeline may be a turning point in the way the United States thinks about cybersecurity. The attack underscores the significant threat cyberattacks pose to operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS)—particularly those in the oil and natural gas industries—and the very tangible harms of cyberattacks....
By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

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