Exxon Mobil CEO zeroes in on risk

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/04/04/exxon-mobil-ceo-zeroes-in-on-risk/

By Zain Shauk
FuelFix.com
April 4, 2013

Exxon Mobil Corp. is targeting employee habits in its effort to improve 
computer security, which has become “extraordinarily important” to 
preventing disasters and safety risks, CEO Rex Tillerson said.

In an exclusive interview with FuelFix, Tillerson said the company is 
educating its employees on safe computer behavior, just as it has done 
for its physical operations.

Computers controlling massive oil company systems, including those on 
offshore rigs, have been targeted by online attacks and are especially 
vulnerable to infection with malicious software that could disrupt 
operations and potentially lead to a major disaster, the Chronicle 
reported recently.

Many problems that could lead to infections, however, result from 
imprudent actions from workers who interact with critical systems.

“At the end, it all comes back to people, regardless of how great the 
technology is and regardless of how much the technology enables us to do 
things without the human hand maybe touching as much,” Tillerson said.

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