One thing that came out of the pandemic years was a stronger push toward an organization-wide digital transformation. Working remotely forced companies to integrate digital technologies, ranging from cloud computing services to AI/ML, across business operations to allow workers to keep up high production and efficiency standards.
Now that businesses and consumers have adjusted to the new normal of digital transformation, it is time to develop a security transformation strategy.
Coping with the speed of change
A constantly evolving tech environment means that security needs and systems are constantly shifting. For an easy example, just look at how quickly cybersecurity must change to adapt to generative AI. In less than a year, organizations and cybersecurity analysts are searching for ways to use generative AI to improve cyber defenses, while threat actors have already discovered ways to launch more sophisticated and harder-to-detect attacks (not to mention targeting the AI tool itself).
Like any transformation, the problem is knowing where to start and what needs to be updated. Luckily, the security transformation has blueprints to follow, starting with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). From there, organizations can use reference points such as recent White House Executive Orders around cybersecurity readiness and state, federal, industry and international data privacy compliance regulations. Cybersecurity insurance requirements provide more useful guidelines.
And like the digital transformation, the security transformation will evolve to fit your organization’s needs. There may be some push to move quickly — you want protections or policies in place for a ransomware attack sooner rather than later, for instance. Howe ..
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