It has been stated that by 2018 the oil and gas industry will be spending up to $1.87 billion on cyber security. The hugely increased demand to protect a multi-billion dollar global industry is being spurred on by the ever growing cyber threat across the globe. Against this backdrop, SMi's 5th annual Oil and Gas Cyber Security conference, taking place on 30th November - 1st December 2015 in London, will provide the ideal platform to discuss what is being done to protect highly valuable intellectual property and commercially sensitive information on production, exploration plans and assets.