Global Oil & Gas Company Implements Patch Management Solution

The 2021 ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline underscored the critical need for robust vulnerability management within the Oil & Gas sector. This case study explores how a major U.S. refinery replaced legacy security controls with a centralized patch management program to safeguard its operational technology (OT) assets. The objective was to “improve overall security posture by implementing a secure, standardized process for acquiring and deploying verified patches across a complex, multi-vendor environment.”