AI case study

City of JohannesburgSecurity operations

High incident volumes across complex IT/OT networks overwhelmed security teams. Now, AI agents triage alerts so analysts can hunt threats.

Published|3 weeks ago

Key results

Speed Improvement
up to 26%
False Positive Reduction
up to 95%
Productivity Gain
23-46.7%

Result highlights

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The story

Context

South Africa's largest metropolitan municipality manages a complex digital estate spanning IT systems, operational technology, cloud services, and a distributed hybrid workforce.

Challenge

As IT and operational technology environments converged online, the city faced growing cyber risks without sufficient specialist cybersecurity skills...

Solution
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Scope & timeline

  • 3-month deployment into SOC workflows

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The company

City of Johannesburg logo

City of Johannesburg

joburg.org.za

Metropolitan municipality providing public services to the City of Johannesburg.

IndustryGovernment & Public Sector
LocationJohannesburg, GP, South Africa
Employees10K-50K
Founded2000

The implementation partner

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) logo

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

csir.co.za
Role in this case study

Managed the SOC and helped embed Security Copilot into the city's security workflows.

IndustryGovernment & Public Sector
LocationPretoria, GP, South Africa
Employees1K-5K
Founded1945

The vendor

Enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, and consumer electronics platform.

IndustrySoftware & Platforms
LocationRedmond, WA, USA
Employees100K+
Founded1975

Use case

City of Johannesburg's Security operations is part of this use case:

Cybersecurity
36 case studies(+400% YoY)
Proven impact?
LowModerateVery Strong
3.1Moderate
3.2Moderatewithin IT

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