The end of the year is a good time to reflect on the past 12 months and create a plan to improve in 2022. Like years past, 2021 revealed more of the same for the cybersecurity industry—more breaches, bigger ransomware attacks, higher stakes. Some of the most disruptive cyberattacks occurred this year, such as JBS Foods, Kaseya and Colonial Pipeline. These attacks received global attention and spotlighted the need for even more attention on cybersecurity best practices.
To help CEOs around the globe better understand cyber risks and how to make their businesses more secure, (ISC)² conducted an online poll of 200 cybersecurity practitioners, whose roles range from cybersecurity leadership to cybersecurity team member, and asked them a simple question: What do you feel every CEO needs to know to make their business more secure heading into next year? After analyzing the responses, below are five recommendations every CEO should know going into 2022.
Understand cybersecurity impacts your bottom line
In our increasingly digital world, cybersecurity is critical to ensure business continuity and customer data and privacy is protected. However, most cybersecurity professionals stand firm that cybersecurity is not a high enough business priority. One respondent in a cybersecurity management role said, “security needs to be baked into the core of the business. Not just something to think about as an afterthought.” Another respondent said, “CEOs need to know that security is not an IT issue or a technology issue, but a business issue affecting all aspects of the company.”
One respondent encouraged making cybersecurity a competitive advantage, using it as a sales tool. Another respondent had a similar viewpoint, suggesting that CEOs “design security into the product, service or pr ..
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