Evaluating Cyber Risk in Engineering Environments

July 17, 2017

The challenge facing management in Engineering organizations due to this increased trend is how to effectively assess this risk and make the appropriate investments in risk mitigation activities to manage this risk to as low as possible. Contributing to this challenge is that the methodologies and approaches available today to assess the risk to operating industrial environments have been developed for traditional IT domains, and when applied to Engineering environments, are not fit for purpose as factors such as exposure, threats, and consequences are different.

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Jay Cashman

Cashman is a privately held multi-disciplinary construction and development company, founded and owned by Jay M. Cashman, the current Chairman of the Board. Cashman offers a comprehensive portfolio of companies and services-spanning half a century-in the Heavy Civil / Marine Construction, Dredging, Renewable Energy, LNG / Concrete Tank Design, Port Facilities / Development, Barge / Equipment Leasing, and Mechanical Construction industries.

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