Powering Resilience: Nathan Morelli on Securing South Australia's Electricity Grid

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.Secured by Galah Cyber with Cole Cornford website 4:00 - Nathan’s career overview8:00 - “Not if, but when” and the principle of acting like a breach has already occurred10:40 - Cyber resilience is critical11:00 - Finding value in the impact of your work15:00 - Matching cybersecurity strategy to the resources available17:20 - High regulation/barriers to entry restrict quality security advice19:00 - Importance of access to affordable cybersecurity tools19:30 - Australian government “Six shields” update23:50 - Australian government update to “Essential 8”27:40 - Why Nathan adopted financial management concepts in his cybersecurity work31:10 - Cybersecurity decisions are made for financial reasons33:10 - Typical career trajectory: follow money, then people, then problems35:40 - Importance of work-life balance40:40 - Rapid fire questionsMentioned in this episode:Call for FeedbackThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrpSpotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/