As cloud computing proliferates and digitization becomes the norm in the oil and gas sector, anxieties over cybersecurity that turned off industry players from allowing their data to be stored off site, are gradually easing, according to a senior industry executive.
Nathalie Marcotte, Senior Vice President, Industry Services &Â Cybersecurity at Schneider Electric, believes acceptance of the need and benefits of storing large volumes of data off site versus on premise, has risen exponentially in the last five years.