Monday, 4 January 2016

5 sins cybersecurity executives should avoid

With the advent of 2016, I was tempted to touch upon my thoughts on what the future of the cyberlandscape will hold, prognosticating trends and shifts and what the next big threat would be.  However, upon deeper reflection and further review of 2015, I’ve decided to focus on what we as cybersecurity executives have control of and can influence, as those have a direct and more profound impact on the organizations we steward.

The “Five Sins” may seem hyperbolic but given the fact that organizations are continuing to make the same mistakes without trying to rectify them, I think it’s fitting particularly at the end of the year when we aspire to be better than we were yesterday, but not as good as we hope to be tomorrow.

Trying to be perfect. The one constant in cybersecurity is that the bad guys have a marked advantage over the good guys. Network defenders try to remain vigilant against an onslaught of automated and targeted attacks that seek to exploit vulnerabilities to gain unauthorized access into their networks. For the full article click here 



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