Tatarstan oil will not fall into cyberthiefs` laps!

Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Taiya Minullina participated in the meeting of the board of directors of OJSC “Tatneftekhiminvest-holding”.

Several proposals on petroleum-chemical production in republic were presented to the board, including project of processing biomasses into fuel, simulators creating for personnel training and so on.  Among other issues, it was offered to petrochemists to join international consortium for building a complex specialized in conversion of natural gas into aromatic petrochemicals. Prospects of using renewable feedstocks in Tatarstan fuel and petrochemical complex, need for development of domestic training simulators for oil and gas industry and cybersecurity in petrochemical complex were discussed.

Besides the point, the last issue was introduced for discussion at the meeting of the board of directors following results of the recent meeting between Rustam Minnukhanov and Eugene Kaspersky. Opening of Kaspersky Lab office with the establishment of Center of Competence and personnel training is planned in Innopolis.

«As our investors – American businessmen told us, over 40% of cyberattacks in North America are directed in particular against oil, energy and resource sectors. Perpetrators of cyberattacks seek financial advantage or competitive advantage; they steal intellectual property and geologic exploration data. Therefore, it would be unreasonable to save on cybersecurity. Expenditure cut is the fastest way for companies to reduce cost of price and maintain inner financial health. But it is difficult to imagine that responsible energy company will make significant cuts in security area. As Tatarstan President noted, this issue will become more and more sensitive from year to year. That is why, I think that our proactive approach in training specialists competent in IT-security will certainly achieve the result» - thinks Taliya Minullina.