This paper documents the results of an empirical study of cyber incident response readiness in the Norwegian petroleum industry. The study addressed the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) capacity among various actors in the industry in handling critical cybersecurity incidents in industrial co...

The resilience of modern societies is to a large degree determined by the resilience of their Critical Infrastructures (CI). These infrastructures are critical because interruptions not only influence the infrastructures themselves, but loss of functionality has secondary effects on the society. The...

This paper describes the results of an assessment of user needs in interconnected critical infrastructures. The emphasis is on the needs of governmental agencies esponsible for overseeing the risk management practices of enterprises dealing with major accident potential. The case is the orwegian Dir...

Det er i denne rapporten gjort en kartlegging og vurdering avhvordan petroleumsnæringen definerer og anvender begrepet "Worst Credible Process Fire" (WCPF). Begrepet brukes ved utforming av innretninger for å sikre at disse er robuste når det gjelder å motstå brann...

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has stressed the need to manage and monitor operational and organizational barrier elements. Personnel should understand what barriers have been established and which function they are intended to fulfil, and performance requirements should be defined in respect...

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has stressed the need to manage and monitor operational and organizational barrier elements. Personnel should understand what barriers have been established and which function they are intended to fulfil, and performance requirements should be defined in respect...

In the petroleum industry, there has been an increasing focus on barrier management to prevent major acci-dents, such as the Macondo well blowout in 2010. Awareness about the status of the safety barriers is one important aspect of risk management. For this purpose the use of a barrier status panel ...