BECOMING CYBER RESILIENT

Industry experts discuss cybersecurity for critical infrastructure and why your terminal needs a solid plan at the latest Tank Talk. In November, Tank Storage Magazine hosted our last FREE Tank Talk webinar on cybersecurity and critical infrastructure. Hosted by our editor, Anamika Talwaria, the webinar brought together cybersecurity industry leaders Holger Berens, chairman of the board of German Federal Association for critical infrastructure protection (BSKI), Igor van Gemert, CEO and founder of ResilientShield and Rene Gijsbers, managing advisor at R2E Group. In 2022, there have already been several attacks on tank terminals, on countries themselves, including Denmark and Germany, and the direct impact of those attacks is on society. Governments are now pushing for more organisations to get their cybersecurity in order as there is now an increased risk. Cyberattacks are now the number one global risk according to PwC, who estimates the damage from cyberattacks alone next year will be $8 trillion (€7.7 trillion), equating to $250,000 (€243,000) per second. HOLISTIC APPROACH First to present, was Holger Berens. He began by explaining that it’s not just about cyber. We...