CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP 10-K Cybersecurity GRC - 2024-02-21

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CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP reported their cybersecurity risk management and governance process in a yearly 10-K filed on 2024-02-21 08:06:21 EST.

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10-K filed on 2024-02-21

CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP filed a 10-K at 2024-02-21 08:06:21 EST
Accession Number: 0000895126-24-000013

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Item 1C. Cybersecurity.

Item 1C. Cybersecurity Cybersecurity Risk Management and Strategy We have developed and implemented a cybersecurity risk management program intended to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of our critical systems and information. We design and assess our cybersecurity risk management program guided by the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. This does not imply that we meet any particular technical standards, specifications, or requirements, only that we use these as a guide to help us identify, assess and manage cybersecurity risks relevant to our business. Our cybersecurity risk management program is integrated into our overall enterprise risk management program, and shares common methodologies, reporting channels and governance processes that apply across the enterprise risk management program to other legal, compliance, strategic, operational, and financial risk areas. Our cybersecurity risk management program includes, but is not limited to, the following key elements: - risk assessments designed to help identify material cybersecurity risks to our critical systems and information; - a security team principally responsible for managing our cybersecurity risk assessment processes, our security controls, and our response to cybersecurity incidents; - the use of external service providers, where appropriate, to assess, test or otherwise assist with aspects of our security processes; - systems for protecting information technology systems and monitoring for suspicious events, such as threat protection, firewall and anti-virus software; - cybersecurity awareness training of our employees and contractors, including incident response personnel, and senior management; - a cybersecurity incident response plan that includes procedures for responding to cybersecurity incidents; and - a third-party risk management process for service providers, suppliers, software, and vendors who access our data and/or systems. We have not identified risks from known cybersecurity threats, including as a result of any prior cybersecurity incidents, that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect us, including our operations, business strategy, results of operations, or financial condition. We face certain ongoing risks from cybersecurity threats that, if realized, are reasonably likely to materially affect us, including our operations, business strategy, results of operations, or financial condition. See Item 1A. Risk Factors " Cyber-attacks targeting systems and infrastructure used by the gas and oil industry and related regulations may adversely impact our operations and, if we or our third-party providers are unable to obtain and maintain adequate protection for our key systems and data, our business may be harmed. " 51 TABLE OF CONTENTS Cybersecurity Governance Our Board of Directors considers cybersecurity risk as a critical part of the enterprise and its risk oversight function and has delegated to its Audit Committee oversight of cybersecurity and other information technology risks. Our Audit Committee oversees management’s implementation of our cybersecurity risk management program. Our Audit Committee receives quarterly updates from management on our cybersecurity risks. In addition, management updates our Audit Committee, as necessary, regarding any material cybersecurity incidents. Our Audit Committee reports to the full Board of Directors regarding its activities, including those related to cybersecurity. Our Board of Directors also receives briefings from management on our cyber risk management program. Board members receive presentations on cybersecurity topics from information security management, internal security staff, our internal audit group and external experts as part of our Board of Director’s continuing education on topics that impact public companies. Our Cybersecurity Manager is responsible for assessing and managing risks from cybersecurity threats, our overall cybersecurity risk management program and supervises both our internal cybersecurity personnel and our retained external cybersecurity consultants. Our Cybersecurity Manager is responsible for reporting material incidents to our Cybersecurity Committee that includes our Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, and our Chief Information Officer. Our internal cybersecurity team has over 50 years of combined experience in information security and maintains several cybersecurity certificates including but not limited to CISSP, CISM, SRISC, GSEC, and GCFE. Our Cybersecurity team regularly participates with private energy industry and federal security working groups and organizations. Our management team stays informed about and monitors efforts to prevent, detect, mitigate, and remediate cybersecurity risks and incidents through various means, including, as appropriate, briefings from internal security personnel, threat intelligence and other information obtained from governmental, public or private sources, such as external consultants engaged by us, and alerts and reports produced by security tools deployed in the IT environment.

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