In our Integrating Governance Risk and Compliance series, CyberSaint leadership explores the process through which cybersecurity leaders can reconfigure their organizations to support the new paradigm of information security as a business function.
Any enterprise operating at scale understands the need for standardization and strong corporate governance. Having served Fortune 50 companies for decades, I have seen the importance that strong governance can have for ensuring that an organization grows in a secure fashion. These business processes can inform how an organization approaches security as well as provide structure to how the business side embraces certain growth strategies.
Standardizing Process
The foundation of any modern cybersecurity program is the people processes that ensure that the organization is aware of the risks they face – whether phishing or more direct attacks. Within these processes, though, there needs to be standardization. While each team across the enterprise may have their own norms and practices, information security leaders need to ensure that there are standard policies in place that govern the necessary aspects to keep the organization secure….
