Guy Palmer is a Security Risk and Compliance Analyst for Southern Company with over 35 years of experience in cyber security and related fields. Guy is Southern Company’s Power Delivery Cybersecurity Program (CSP) liaison for Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia Power operating companies and a founding member of Southern’s CSP circa 1999, with special focus on Industrial Control System environments.
He maintains fluency in the latest cyber weapons and tactics used by bad actors the world over, and attributes that proficiency as key to successfully defending the electric grid.
Guy holds CISSP and GICSP certifications, various accreditations in Cryptography and Traffic Analysis from the US Navy and National Security Agency, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in History.