US to Provide Cyber Protection to Saudi Oil Industry
Saudi Aramco and American defense contractor Raytheon have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint venture for cybersecurity services
Ami Rojkes Dombe
| 17/12/2018
https://www.saudiaramco.com/en/news-media/news/2018/saudi-aramco-and-raytheon-sign-mou-to-establish-jv-in-cybersecurity
Saudi Aramco announced a deal on Friday with US defense giant Raytheon to form a jointly-owned company to boost cybersecurity in the kingdom. An official Saudi government news bulletin announced the deal a day after the US Senate voted to block US military cooperation with Saudi Arabia in waging the war in Yemen.
The Saudi Press Agency said that Saudi Aramco, the largest oil company in the world, signed the Memorandum of Understanding with Raytheon's Saudi-based subsidiary to establish a new company to develop and deliver "the best cybersecurity services" in the kingdom, the broader Middle East, and North Africa.
As the United States is the world's largest oil exporter, together with Aramco, it seems that the Americans are taking over the protection of the global oil industry both in cyberspace and in the physical realm (US support, in the form of arms sales to Riyadh and the deployment of American forces to the Middle East, is a highly important element in Saudi Arabia's defense).
[Source: Washington Examiner]
Saudi Aramco and American defense contractor Raytheon have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint venture for cybersecurity services
https://www.saudiaramco.com/en/news-media/news/2018/saudi-aramco-and-raytheon-sign-mou-to-establish-jv-in-cybersecurity
Saudi Aramco announced a deal on Friday with US defense giant Raytheon to form a jointly-owned company to boost cybersecurity in the kingdom. An official Saudi government news bulletin announced the deal a day after the US Senate voted to block US military cooperation with Saudi Arabia in waging the war in Yemen.
The Saudi Press Agency said that Saudi Aramco, the largest oil company in the world, signed the Memorandum of Understanding with Raytheon's Saudi-based subsidiary to establish a new company to develop and deliver "the best cybersecurity services" in the kingdom, the broader Middle East, and North Africa.
As the United States is the world's largest oil exporter, together with Aramco, it seems that the Americans are taking over the protection of the global oil industry both in cyberspace and in the physical realm (US support, in the form of arms sales to Riyadh and the deployment of American forces to the Middle East, is a highly important element in Saudi Arabia's defense).
[Source: Washington Examiner]
