In today’s dynamic and real-time world, you should not have to go the extra mile to justify to senior executives to buy into the value of cyber security. Believe it or not, some managers still believe that the expense is not worth the hurry — tell that to the ex-CEO of Target. If this is the case, this article will allow you to have a productive conversation of the value cyber security brings to the core business … and I emphasize business.
The experts continue to tell us to read organizations’ annual reports, corporate governance documents, shareholder conversations and minutes and any other insights we can get our hands on, which are mostly public records. These assets will provide us with the insights of what’s driving an organization from the top down and, in turn, what the leadership team is thinking about. Most likely there is a cyber security component across the enterprise.
You will likely find that cyber security shows up in these documents, but mainly around specific attacks, recent attempts to penetrate systems and mission-critical applications. If you look deeper, you may see critical success factors around risk and the…
