Security News > 2020 > August > Cybersecurity: An All-Encompassing Organizational Responsibility
While their associated capabilities and information can give organizations a competitive advantage, these ever-evolving technologies can also expose critical infrastructure sectors to new threats that require cybersecurity mitigation measures.
During the same time frame of roughly a decade, we've observed that in the absence of a regulatory baseline being established, organizations of nonregulated sectors frequently see cybersecurity purely as a cost or perhaps even a surcharge.
Given the fiduciary requirements bestowed upon CEOs, CFOs and boards of directors for organizations, it is critical that regulated organizations recognize the importance of cyber resilience, and that they avoid settling with a compliance culture.
It is the security professional's responsibility to level with executive leadership and convey what is at stake, as well as what must be done to mitigate anticipated risks while simultaneously improving organizational resiliency.
Morris has 25 years of cybersecurity and digitalization experience and has served in leadership roles at startups, multinationals and global organizations.