Business Chief USA August 2020

comments Liscio. “We keep track of
all of the security records we receive,
these are essentially all of the potential
hits on our perimeter from a security
perspective, and between January and
September last year we had more than
85 billion security records. Of those 85
billion we sent 19 billion to our security
information event monitoring system
for a second look to determine if they
are events that need to be monitored,
events that are relevant, events that are
possible threats or events that become
incidents. So in total that 85 billion was
whittled down to roughly 150 incidents
requiring action.” In order to combat
these potential threats, WSIB has a
cybersecurity strategy and strong governance
in place. “We’ve assessed our
main maturity across security and we’ve
taken an inventory of all of our critical
data and assets, so we know where
our crown jewels are and how those
are protected and we’ve applied the
appropriate controls to those protections.
We also conduct regular testing
via the likes of audits and penetration
testing, as well as monthly vulnerability
assessments.” In addition to harnessing
technology to maintain security, WSIB
has also established a breach response,
as well as awareness and training
programs in place, cyber security intelligence
and cyber security insurance.”
THE IMPACT OF COVID-19
“When the emergency was declared
in Ontario in the middle of March,
the WSIB saw its remote workforce
increase from about 2% to more than
99% of the workforce in the space
of a few weeks. With that sudden shift
to over 4,000 employees working
231
businesschief.com