Cyber Security 2012


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Welcome to Cyber Security Forum 2012

This Cyber Security International Forum for Energy and Utilities was created to share firsthand knowledge and experience of international cyber security organizations who are leaders in the Middle East market, as well as to showcase the realism associated with (in)secure data and problamatic issues associated control systems within energy and utilites companies.

Raising awareness about the necessity of securing data in these days of general internet accessibility is the hot topic of 21st century’s fast and

mostly unpredictable technical development. The protection of critical national infrastructures has long been a serious concern to Governments in this region and is no longer limited to physical security.

Given the widespread use of interconnected networks and control systems in national oil, gas, power, water and electricity sectors, there is a very real need to enhance their cyber security given the ever increasing number of international attacks. It has been reported that there was more than a 40% increase across the Middle East in computers infected by malware in 2010.

The threat of such viruses was highlighted by the discovery that same year of the most sophisticated cyber attack to date, Stuxnet. It was a vicious computer worm with highly specialised malware coded to target specific Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems and disrupt their operational activities but without the operators being aware of such changes.

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