Sunday, 06 September 2026

VIGILANCE: What are the most significant security challenges facing the oil and gas industry today?

Charles Burbridge, International Account Director, G4S: "Natural resources are no longer viewed as simply an economic asset but a political issue as well. Few developing countries, which still have extractable resources, have the same capability to extract it themselves as international oil companies although competition is increasing between them and national oil companies.

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Vigilance can report that in light of recent squatting protests in London ahead of next week’s G8 Summit, Simon Alderson, Chairman of the British Security Industry Association’s (BSIA) Vacant Property Protection Group and Commercial Director for BSIA member Vacant Property Specialists, is warning owners of vacant commercial properties to be on heightened alert.

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A National Audit Office (NAO) report released earlier this year warned that a lack of skilled workers is hampering the UK's fight against cyber crime, and estimates it is costing the UK public £18 to £27 billion annually.

According to this report, the number of IT and cyber security professionals in the UK has not increased in line with the growth of the internet, and this skills gap will take years to close. BAE Systems has announced it’s taking steps to help plug the cyber skills gap with nearly half of its graduate recruits this year going into its cyber security business.

Commenting on the shortage of cyber security skills in the UK, Bill Walker, security analyst and technical director, QA said:

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Last week, Google made a decision to employ a 7 day disclosure policy on taking action on fixing vulnerabilities - http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.se/2013/05/disclosure-timeline-for-vulnerabilities.html. Below is a comment from Jeremiah Grossman, CTO of WhiteHat Security on the new policy by Google:

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