Evaluating Resilience of Oil and Gas Cyber Physical Systems: a Roadmap

Cyber attacks affect not only online profiles, bank accounts, and medical health records but also physical infrastructure including oil and gas, the power grid, nuclear, and water treatment plants. A stable energy supply is essential for economic prosperity. According to US Department of Homeland Security [12], approximately 22% of electricity is produced by natural gas combustion. A recent cyber attack on Norwegian Statoil [15] increased concerns regarding the safety of such critical infrastructure. In this research paper, we describe a function-based approach and framework for evaluating the resilience of oil and gas cyber-physical systems (O&GP) under cyber attack. We discuss use of the Measurement-Algorithm-Control system model for simulating extreme and rare events in O&GP. We describe ongoing research for which we are in the data collection phase.