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Cybersecurity Blog Series: Part 2 How do regulation and legislation impact global cybersecurity practices? What about incentives? In part one of this series , I discussed the importance of standards in preventing cyberattacks, particularly in our increasingly industrialized digital and IoT world. Here, I’ll explore regulations and the role of incentives in cybersecurity. While regulations and legislation vary by country , cyberattacks are border agnostic. Attacks – both attempted and successful – targeting a facility in any one country can have detrimental consequences worldwide. Therefore, it makes sense that we have international guardrails and agreements on cybersecurity best practices in place. This includes initiatives from the International Society of Automation (ISA), including IEC 62443 , a set of standards developed by ISA99 and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) committees to improve the safety, availability, integrity and confidentiality of components or sys...

Submit Your Nominations for The Foilies 2019 EFF is now accepting nominations for The Foilies 2019, our fifth annual “anti-awards” program for government agencies that, whether by maliciousness or incompetence, interfere with the right to access public information. It’s a tongue-in-cheek affair celebrating Sunshine Week (March 10-16, 2019), when a coalition of transparency organizations raise public awareness of the open government laws that make democracy possible. Journalists, transparency advocates, and citizen watchdogs should recommend government agencies by Dec. 31, 2018 for consideration. Like a Santa Claus of bureaucratic accountability, we also keep our own running list of cases of over-redactions and ridiculous copying fees, culled from the #FOIAFriday Twitter hashtag thread and the National Freedom of Information Coalition’s FOI ListServ . The Foilies isn’t just limited to federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, but any state or municipal-level request f...

Future growth hinges on the appropriate response to present conditions while strategically developing longer-term plans. For most industries, social, environmental, and political issues are having increasingly greater impact in reshaping the present and future business environment. In particular, the oil and gas (O&G) industry is challenged to reliably and economically deliver transportation fuels in the present day while working strategically to provide “cleaner” energy products in the future. Globally, governments are passing legislation to address climate strategy. New laws promote sustainable operations and lowering carbon emissions from mobile and stationary sources. Low-carbon fuels and renewable energy are also strong options to achieve sustainability goals. Looking ahead, the global economy is progressively moving toward clean, green, and affordable energy. Accordingly, O&G companies must find a balance in providing energy and the shift toward sustainable operations. T...