In most organisations, it has never been “owned” as such at Board level in spite of the tidal wave of cyber attacks which have rocked most industries across the last decade, and the false pretence by many that it’s on their agenda…
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“Process and People first, THEN Technology” will always be at the heart of the winning formula here Many large organisations across all industries face the same challenges around cybersecurity and privacy: Growing regulatory demands, compounded by escalating cyber threats and skills shortages, and a business landscape dominated by the COVID pandemic and its aftermath. Very […]
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Time to move away from bottom-up dynamics: The Board should decide on priorities and drive the discussion As we hit budget time again in many large organisations, it is still amazing to see the amount of content online dedicated to justifying cyber security investments or convincing the Board… This is difficult to match with field […]
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It is not rare for OT Security to end up in some form of organisational no-man’s-land This interesting interview with Andy Norton puts things in perspective around IT and OT Security (“The top 5 cybersecurity threats to OT security” – IT Security Guru – 11 November 2021). Historically, IT and OT belong to different worlds, […]
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There are real issues in the security operations space but buying more tools won’t help This 2021 survey from TrendMicro (“Security Operations on the Backfoot: How poor tooling is taking its toll on security analysts” – October 2021) paints a slightly frightening picture of the state of security operations in large firms: 29 monitoring solutions […]
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