Aramco and Dragos sign oil and gas MoU

Dragos has signed a MoU with Aramco to help protect critical industrial assets and infrastructure for Aramco and its affiliates in Saudi Arabia.
The MoU aims to support Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 pillar to build a thriving, increasingly diverse economy, in part enabled by secure digital transformation that supports private sector growth and investment.
It includes initiatives aimed at localising Dragos services and solutions, and development initiatives for a Dragos local hardware assembly facility.
“Our work with Dragos serves to accelerate our country’s Vision 2030 objectives to foster economic relations with global partners and advance our digital economy,” said Ahmad O. Al-Khowaiter, executive vice-president of technology and innovation, Aramco.
“The MoU advances the strong relationship we’ve built with Dragos over years and demonstrates Dragos’s deep commitment to cybersecurity that protects people in the region.”
“Cybersecurity for industrial systems is key to delivering on Aramco’s commitment to serve a growing global population and sustain our planet through the legacy and alternative sources of energy,” said Basim A. Al Ruwaii, information security director and chief information security officer, Aramco. “Dragos has the OT cybersecurity technology and expertise to support our needs for today and the future.”