Recognising Risk

When you are in the business of chemical and fertiliser manufacturing, risk management is a core consideration.Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers (WesCEF), a subsidiary of Wesfarmers Ltd, is a thriving business providing essential chemicals and industrial products to key industry sectors around the world.Following several years of strong growth, WesCEF has seen a sharp increase in the volumes of data and number of systems configured to connect more staff across more locations. At the same time, WesCEF has become more cognisant of the growing risk of cybersecurity attacks, and what they might mean in terms of reputational damage and real costs.

“Being threatened at any IT or OT [operational technology] level beyond our control could lead to reputational damage, loss of product, and health and safety issues , converging our IT and OT was extremely important.”