OMNI Participation in LOGIIC Consortium, a Government-Industry Partnership which
Demonstrates New Technologies to Improve the Security of Oil and Gas Critical Infrastructure
HOUSTON, Texas - September 13th, 2006, The LOGIIC Consortium yesterday announced the successful
completion of a project to improve the security of the Oil and Gas Critical Infrastructure,
helping to protect it from cyber security threats, such as viruses, worms, and cyber
terrorism. As an important field measurement device, OMNI's configurable flow computer
product provided the ability to simulate key process data to generate realistic
network traffic for the project's testbed process control and pipeline network.
The OMNI instrument also reported data to the network's correlation engine.
The goal of the LOGIIC Correlation Project was to leverage the collective resources
of oil and gas companies, the United States Department of Homeland Security, and
technology vendors to identify and demonstrate new technologies to help protect
oil and gas process control systems.
Oil and gas companies have recognized that their computerized process control systems
need to be carefully protected against cyber security threats. Because of increased
automation and the introduction of new computer and communications technology to
control production, transportation and processing of natural gas and petroleum products,
new security technologies are required to guarantee the security and safety of this
critical infrastructure.
The results of the LOGIIC Correlation Project delivered an expertly developed, fully
tested solution that enables the integration and centralization of security information
from all plausible points of entry within oil and gas IT and process control networks.
The solution then correlates this information to detect, identify and alert about
cyber attacks in progress. This provides a coherent security picture that enables
system owners to issue a timely and appropriate response to an attack.
Oil and gas companies can now leverage the results of this project to raise awareness
of the need to secure process control systems and adopt a proven solution to mitigate
associated cyber-threats.
"OMNI has been at the forefront of many petroleum industry metering and standards
initiatives over the past 15 years", said Alan McCartney, OMNI's CEO.
"We have a
history of continuous development without obsolescence in support of our customers,
the energy majors, whose information needs have been met by OMNI's collaborations.
To be invited to participate and to donate equipment and resources for such an important
project has already been of value to OMNI's ongoing product developments."
The LOGIIC Correlation Project working group was comprised of experts in homeland
security, oil and gas, security research, security technology and process control
technology.
- Government: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate
- Oil and gas industry: Chevron, CITGO, BP and Ergon Refining
- Research: Sandia National Laboratories, SRI International, and Adventium Labs
- Security vendors: ArcSight, 3Com, and Symantec Corporation
- Process control technology vendors: Honeywell, OMNI Flow Computers and Telvent
The results of this project were shared at the LOGIIC Summit on September 11, 2006,
in Houston, Texas. More information, including a summary of the LOGIIC Correlation
project and results, can be found at the LOGIIC website
http://www.cyber.st.dhs.gov/logiic.html
For
OMNI Information, Contact: Bill Griffith 281-240-6161
The LOGIIC (Linking the Oil and Gas Industry to Improve Cyber Security) Consortium
is a model example of a partnership between Government and industry that is committed
to combining resources to define and advance the security of the oil and gas industry