Five Biggest Mistakes of Cybersecurity Programs
1h 17mIntermediate2022-11-17
Authors

Matthew Rosenquist
Chief Information Security Officer, Cybersecurity Strategist, Board Advisor
Course details
Cybersecurity is one of the most important—and least talked-about—business issues today. But how can you prepare your organization against the threat of a devastating attack? Join instructor and cybersecurity expert Matthew Rosenquist as he identifies the five biggest mistakes made by cybersecurity organizations, regardless of their size or stature.
Explore the power of learning from others’ mistakes to improve your ability to manage digital risk. Find out what happens with inexperienced leadership, deprioritized strategic thinking, failing to optimize for threats, insufficient organizational teamwork, and failing to maximize value. Matt brings a wealth of cybersecurity knowledge gleaned from over three decades of industry experience, showing you how to manage risk more effectively so you can avoid costly blunders.
Explore the power of learning from others’ mistakes to improve your ability to manage digital risk. Find out what happens with inexperienced leadership, deprioritized strategic thinking, failing to optimize for threats, insufficient organizational teamwork, and failing to maximize value. Matt brings a wealth of cybersecurity knowledge gleaned from over three decades of industry experience, showing you how to manage risk more effectively so you can avoid costly blunders.
Skills covered
Incident ResponseCybersecurityOne-Off
Concepts
Introduction
- Learn from others' mistakes
Inexperienced Leadership
- The importance of leadership
- Attributes of a good cybersecurity leader
- Recognizing poor leadership
- Detrimental effects of poor leadership
- How leaders, workers, and executives can improve
Deprioritizing Strategic Thinking
- The importance of strategic goals
- The trade-off between strategy and tactics
- Avoiding burnout
- Plan and optimize for resource allocation
Failing to Optimize for Threats
- Abundant vulnerabilities with finite resources
- Know your enemy
- Understand likely attacks
- Threat assessment starts with the attackers
Insufficient Organizational Teamwork
- Security doesn t operate in a vacuum
- Leaders must accept costs and friction
- Relevance is key to gaining support
Failing to Maximize Value
- Inherently a losing proposition
- Showing value and relevant outcomes
- Build, compare, and compete
Conclusion
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