Powering Resilience: Nathan Morelli on Securing South Australia's Electricity Grid
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In this episode Cole Cornford chats with Nathan Morelli, Head of Cyber Security and IT Resilience at SA Power Networks, which is the sole electricity provider for the entire state of South Australia. Making sure that 1.7 million people have electricity is a pretty important job, and Nathan shares his perspective on how the organisation maintains resilience in the face of potential breaches.
They also discuss the importance of financial management skills in a management role, the Australian government’s updates to the Essential 8 and the national Six Shields cyber strategy, the importance of work life balance, and plenty more.
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4:00 - Nathan’s career overview
8:00 - “Not if, but when” and the principle of acting like a breach has already occurred
10:40 - Cyber resilience is critical
11:00 - Finding value in the impact of your work
15:00 - Matching cybersecurity strategy to the resources available
17:20 - High regulation/barriers to entry restrict quality security advice
19:00 - Importance of access to affordable cybersecurity tools
19:30 - Australian government “Six shields” update
23:50 - Australian government update to “Essential 8”
27:40 - Why Nathan adopted financial management concepts in his cybersecurity work
31:10 - Cybersecurity decisions are made for financial reasons
33:10 - Typical career trajectory: follow money, then people, then problems
35:40 - Importance of work-life balance
40:40 - Rapid fire questions
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