Abstract
Conference Title: 2016 Saudi Arabia Smart Grid (SASG) Conference Start Date: 2016, Dec. 6 Conference End Date: 2016, Dec. 8 Conference Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia The rapid spread of cyber threats and attacks are forcing many organizations to rethink their cyber security policies and standards. The latest cyber-attacks are well structured, organized, vicious, destructive and exceptionally sophisticated. The new reality of relentless cyber-attacks is causing havoc at a high level within oil and energy companies. There is a great need for developing and establishing new processes and policies with which to train a new “tech savvy” generation of professionals; who can then create and implement solid, systematic and sound cyber security policies. Cyber defense standards cannot be achieved fast enough to deal with this evolving threat.