<p>Highly
intelligent and technically savvy people are employed to hack data systems
throughout the world for prominence or monetary gain. Organizations must combat
these criminals with people of equal or greater ability. There have been
reports of heightened threats from cyber criminals focusing upon the energy
sector, with recent attacks upon natural gas pipelines and payment centers. The
Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources (CISTAR)
working collaboratively with the Purdue Process Safety and Assurance Center
(P2SAC) reached out to the Computer and Information Technology Department to
assist with analysis of the current cybersecurity posture of the companies
involved with the CISTAR initiative. This cybersecurity research project identifies
the overall defensive cyber posture of CISTAR companies and provides
recommendations on how to bolster internal cyberspace defenses through the
identification of gaps and shortfalls, which aided the compilation of
suggestions for improvement. Key
findings include the correlation of reduced cybersecurity readiness to
companies founded less than 10 years ago, cybersecurity professionals employed
by all CISTAR companies and all CISTAR companies implementing basic NIST
cybersecurity procedures.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:purdue.edu/oai:figshare.com:article/11312150 |
| Date | 03 December 2019 |
| Creators | Braiden M Frantz (8072417) |
| Source Sets | Purdue University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis |
| Rights | CC BY 4.0 |
| Relation | https://figshare.com/articles/CISTAR_Cybersecurity_Scorecard/11312150 |
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