The power utility blocks up to one billion cyber security incidents per month that could have turned into cyber attacks, says CISO Sithembile Songo.
Eskom CISO Sithembile Songo details how security can't be treated as an after-thought, how the power utility is leveraging AI and machine learning , network vigilance, and steps required to achieve gender diversity in the information security space. #eskom #itwebtv #OT
“Cyber criminals realise these systems were not designed with cyber security in mind. Obviously, there are a lot of legacy systems that might not accommodate modern systems or modern capabilities, from a cyber security point of view. “At some point, when we had load-shedding, we were able to block more than a billion, and sometimes go up to close to two billion per month.
“We arm ourselves in such a way that we have the necessary capabilities to be as resilient as possible, so that if something happens, we can at least respond. We’ve been leveraging a lot of AI and machine learning in terms of real-time response and detection, because we realise cyber attacks are quite advanced nowadays.
“For instance, SOC analysts no longer have to focus on the manual tasks they used to do before, as those tasks are now automated, allowing them to put their efforts into other tasks that are more strategic, or can help the organisation achieve its objectives better.”
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