Top ICT tenders: Eskom recognises growing cyber security risk

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A security attack on people, processes, information and infrastructure is a critical business risk, says South Africa’s power utility.

is yet to see an increase in the number of requests for the ICT sector. However, this week’s top tenders reveal more significant requirements are being advertised, with national government departments also making an appearance.

The utility’s group security department has commenced its security optimisation programme and invested in hardware and software technologies to grow and mature its physical security business intelligence capability. “This GIS capability will further assist group security to analyse, manage and present the security incident threat landscape in real-time, allowing the security analysts to determine the real-time impact and risk of the threat landscape as it moves across the Eskom asset base and across the lifecycle of the security incident.”Eskom also requires the addition of smart nodes to existing tap aggregation devices for network performance monitoring.

The Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs is looking for a service provider to assist it with compliance in terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act. The department notes it has taken several steps to comply with the Act; however, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done.

 

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