Security News > 2020 > February > RSAC 2020 Keynote: Changing the World’s False Perception of Cybersecurity
The security industry needs to branch out beyond its historically "Narrow culture" and change how it is perceived by the rest of the world.
The narrative around cybersecurity needs to instead emphasize the human players behind cybersecurity, including the IT teams working in companies, the cybercriminals who are launching cyberattacks, the businesses who are working with security teams - and, importantly, the end users who are often the true victims.
Most importantly, he said the cybersecurity industry needs to shift from a "Culture of elitism to one of inclusion" by looking for defenders that are outside of the tech community.
"Ghai said that business leaders and risk officers are now also interested in the story of cybersecurity - and in fact, more than 76 percent say cyber risk will increase in 2020 - but they remain on the sidelines. Instead, board and risk officers need to be the actors in the story,"the 'zero-th' line of defense, he called it.
At the end of the day, security is a story that needs to include special attention to human characters, said Ghai.