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Combating Implicit Trust in West Texas Oil Field

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Combating Implicit Trust in West Texas Oil Field (PDF, 2.17MB)Last updated: 02 May, 2023
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Blake Gilson
  • SANS ICS Summit & Training 2023
SANS ICS Summit & Training 2023

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Blake Gilson

Blake Gilson is the Industrial IT Cybersecurity Ops Product Manager for ExxonMobil. In this role, he partners with upstream, downstream, midstream, engineering and IT Cyber Security functions to implement and operate industrial cybersecurity solutions and operational processes.

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