S&P reports discuss cyber risk management, threats to chemical companies and national governments

A trio of reports from S&P Global Ratings address the cyber risks faced by chemical companies and by national governments, or sovereigns, as well as the nexus between cyber and credit risk management.

The report on the chemical industry’s exposure to cyber risk does not constitute a credit rating action, S&P says, but indicates that rapid digitization is “creating additional channels and vulnerabilities that hackers can exploit.”

“The idea that digitization could contribute to a greater risk of cyberattack...