PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — SEPTA has hired a cybersecurity firm to monitor its computer systems following a malware attack in August 2020.
When SEPTA was hit two years ago, it didn’t have a round-the-clock operations center to detect digital intrusions. It does now. The SEPTA board approved a contract with Skyline Technology Solutions of Maryland to provide a fully staffed security center.
“It’s a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week security operations center, where they’re actually actively monitoring any type of digital traffic that goes through the SEPTA network, or on connectivity between SEPTA and the internet,” explained SEPTA Chief Information Officer Bill Zebrowski.
It’s a three-year, $4.4 million contract.
“We’re doing this as protection because just as other organizations, we’re getting hundreds of threats a day trying to get into the network,” he added.
The 2020 malware attack prevented SEPTA from providing real-time travel information to riders and possibly exposed employees’ personal information.
Zebrowski said Skyline was brought in on a pilot basis after that intrusion.
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