Oil, Gas, and Energy

Nigeria's oil and gas sector is the engine of the national economy and one of the most consequential targets in Africa's cyber threat landscape. From upstream exploration and production to downstream refining and distribution, the sector's operational technology networks, corporate IT infrastructure, and vast stores of commercially sensitive data are all under sustained pressure from threat actors ranging from opportunistic cybercriminals to sophisticated state-sponsored groups.

A successful attack on energy sector OT is not just a financial event. It can disrupt production, damage costly equipment, trigger environmental incidents, and create safety emergencies with consequences that extend far beyond any IT department. We provide the specialist forensics and cybersecurity services needed to protect this sector with the seriousness it demands.

THE SECTOR'S THREAT REALITY

• The energy sector is consistently among the top three most targeted industries for cyberattacks globally, with oil and gas companies facing disproportionate attention from both financially motivated criminal groups and nation-state actors.
• IT/OT convergence, the increasing connection of industrial control systems to corporate networks and the internet, has dramatically expanded the attack surface of energy companies, exposing historically isolated SCADA systems to network-based attacks.
• Insider threats in Nigerian energy companies, including data exfiltration to competitors, fraud, and sabotage, are a persistent challenge that many organisations investigate inadequately due to limited forensic capability.
• The Dragos 2023 OT Cybersecurity Year in Review reported a nearly 50% year-on-year increase in ransomware incidents affecting industrial OT environments globally, with energy and critical infrastructure sectors among those experiencing growing targeting pressure.
• Data breaches exposing commercially sensitive information, including exploration data, production figures, and contract terms, can cause losses that dwarf the direct costs of the incident itself.

HOW WE SERVE THE ENERGY SECTOR

SCADA and ICS Forensics. We are one of the very few organisations in Nigeria capable of conducting forensic investigations within SCADA and ICS environments, with the specialist expertise needed to investigate incidents without disrupting live operational systems.

OT Cybersecurity Assessment. We assess the cybersecurity posture of operational technology environments, identifying IT/OT boundary weaknesses, legacy system vulnerabilities, and monitoring blind spots that expose production systems to attack.

Incident Response for OT and IT. Our incident response capability spans both the IT and OT environments of energy companies, containing threats, preserving evidence, and restoring operations with the operational sensitivity that energy environments demand.

Corporate Forensics and Fraud Investigation. When fraud, data theft, or employee misconduct occurs in corporate functions, we investigate, recovering digital evidence from computers, mobile devices, and email systems, and producing findings that support legal and regulatory action.

Data Protection and Governance. Energy companies handle significant volumes of personal data, including employee records, contractor information, and customer data in downstream operations. We build the data protection frameworks needed to comply with the NDPA 2023 and manage data-related risk.

Security Awareness Training. We have delivered cybersecurity and data protection training to large players in the industry, and we bring that direct sector experience to training programmes for other energy organisations.