Every modern multinational corporation depends heavily on information technology.
Shell is no exception.
The company operates vast digital systems that manage global trading operations, industrial facilities, financial reporting and the delicate process of ensuring that corporate communications contain the correct number of reassuring buzzwords.
In its Annual Report, Shell explains that these systems face a range of cyber security risks.
This is hardly surprising.
Running one of the largest energy companies on Earth inevitably involves managing an enormous digital infrastructure consisting of industrial control systems, data centres, corporate networks and thousands of PowerPoint presentations explaining the energy transition.
“A persistent reputational risk.” — Shell internal memo, 2007
