Plant & Field: security awareness for plant and field teams
Plant & Field is a pack of short animated security awareness stories for people who work at or around plant control systems in Gulf oil and gas: control room and field operators, maintenance and instrument technicians, OT engineers and contractors. English and Arabic first; in production.
The pack teaches the everyday OT security habits for plant and field work: portable media, accounts and access, maintenance discipline, and reporting when something looks wrong. The stories are set in a fictional gas plant, are about 2.5 to 3 minutes long, are watched alone on the LMS (often on a phone), and each has a quiz.
In production
Who it is for
- Control room and field operators
- Maintenance and instrument technicians
- OT engineers
- Contractors with access to OT (the first, second and eighth courses also suit everyone else on site)
The courses
In production
OT Basics: Day One at the Plant
What is connected at a plant and why a cyber problem can become a safety problem. If something looks wrong: stop, don’t touch, report.
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OT: Portable Media and Malware (“Nothing Plugs In”)
Only scanned company media. Never charge a phone on plant equipment.
In production
OT: Account and Access Control Hygiene (“One Login”)
Your own login, never shared or written down. Log out. Accounts end when the job ends.
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OT: Security Maintenance Discipline (“Leave It as You Found It”)
Changes only with a permit. When the job ends, put back every mode, account and protection.
In production
OT: Incident and Event Reporting (“When the Screen Lies”)
Odd readings, alarms or a screen acting by itself: report at once, no blame.
Planned
The Vendor on the Line (working title)
Call back on the number in the contract; remote access only through the approved route.
Planned
The Box Behind the Panel (working title)
Nothing connects to the plant without approval; report any box or cable you do not know.
Planned
Photos and Drawings (working title)
No photos of screens, layouts or badges; plant drawings only through approved channels.
The first five courses are in production (scripts, quizzes and English and Arabic voices are made; animation has not started). The last three are planned. A release date appears here when known.