Business risk and cybersecurity risk. For too long, many executives viewed the two as separate pieces of the operational resilience puzzle. In fact, most overlooked the possibility they could snap together at all, quite simply because those risks come in different shapes, sizes, and complexities.
Traditionally, boards of directors and executives focus on business risk where they often leave the more complicated stuff — that hardware, software, and jargon only “those tech people” understand — to the IT and security teams, basically knocking the cybersecurity piece right off the table and potentially exposing the business to existential risk.
As an MSSP, you have a unique opportunity to help your clients realize a more complete picture of the risk landscape and help them understand that cybersecurity risk is business risk.
Real World, Real Fallout
When C-suites and boards overlook cyber risk, they’re basically playing chicken with their business based on the bet that their defenses might be good enough to stop a breach. Or, they take an out-of-sight, out-of-mind approach: since they’ve not yet had a cyber event, they probably never will.
Those overlooked risks…
