NEWMONT
CYBERSECURITY
Cybersecurity has taken on greater significance for Newmont in the age of autonomous trucks and drills . Canepari points out that , unlike securing SAP or payroll data , safety is at stake . “ As CIO , I ’ m focused on how we ensure the right controls in place to secure this new technology , when just ten years ago it wasn ’ t even on the agenda . We need to provide true segmentation across the network with innovation and compartmentalization so we don ' t have the entire company exposed at any given time . A production system in Africa needn ’ t be exposed to a risk that we may have in Australia and so forth . We ’ re trying to contain risk to smaller components and manage it better .”
Canepari measures success more in his team ’ s ability to respond rather than their ability to prevent . “ It ’ s not just about firewalls ,” he says . “ We must develop the ability to quickly identify the risk , any breaches , and respond rapidly to them . That ’ s the biggest change in culture that I see from a cybersecurity perspective . It ’ s about really focusing on the response time , and the recovery is paramount .”
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58 May 2021