Suzuki Garphyttan has achieved substantial progress in meeting increased demands for both cybersecurity and operational reliability. Ola Magnusson recalls when, in 2010, a power outage had major consequences for the operations. The objective for the efforts of Ola and his colleagues is that no similar events occur.
“We have now been able to relocate one of our data centers to a new facility, which is an important step. One single project protects us from flooding, fire and power failures,” says Ola, who explains that the company has two data centers at separate sites to safeguard redundancy.
“Our data centers receive electricity from two different substations and both halls have backup power. Another upgrade involves new sensors to detect smoke and activate optimal fire protection to protect our equipment and thereby our operations.”
Cybersecurity in a changeable world
Much more than contacts with customers and suppliers depend on well-functioning IT. As the digitalization of our production is progressing quickly, many of the processes at the different sites are also affected. In this context, network perimeter protection is one thing – efforts to counter virus attacks and other external threats to digital environments are another. Suzuki Garphyttan applies a “layer-upon-layer” principle, with several methods being used to manage threats, such as phishing attacks and attempts at overloading.
“Opportunities to make money through attacks against IT structures stimulates substantial creativity among attackers, and the threats loom ever closer. We must work proactively and be well prepared.”
Methodical handling
According to Ola Magnusson, all IT security work is conducted with a clear focus on the customer. Several of the IT systems in our operations are based on customers’ demands, and the company must continuously adapt to meet their needs. Safeguarding continuous IT operations and secure data handling is a part of our promise to our customers.
“Things may happen. Our job is to prevent disruptions to the greatest extent possible. Although we have made much progress, in an ever-changing world, work like this will never be finished. From 2010 to today, we have not had any serious downtime and that is also our ambition going forward,” Ola concludes.
