Over the last several years, advancing technologies have certainly reshaped the way companies operate on a day-to-day basis, and that leaves no exception for industries like oil and natural gas. Increased communications and control capabilities have undoubtedly allowed for greater efficiency and system operation, but with that comes the opening of doors to new threats and vulnerabilities from third party sources. Fact of the matter is, if you have something valuable - there will always be someone else on the hunt to try and take it.

For many years, the internet has been a part of our existence; it's not anything new. Why then, after so long, has remote working just become more accepted? The answer lies in the capability of the internet and related technologies.

The IoT's function as a connected web of devices sharing data in real time is something that would have been unimaginable not too long ago, but the technology has reached the point where it almost seems trivial.