Business TREND. 5 Data Security Protections for Oil and Gas Companies.

5 ways oil and gas comapnies can minimize legal exposure from a data breach:

• Plan ahead. Have an incident reponse team in place.
• Insurance. Lots of policies cover data security now, check your policy.
• Stay up to date on data security laws & regulations. There are overlapping levels of laws between state and federal and overlapping agency jurisdictions.
• Create & Maintain a data policy. Prescribe what is retained and for how long.
• Train and test your employees.

Oil and Gas Financial Journal | Legal Liability From Cyber Attacks