Five Biggest Mistakes of Cybersecurity Programs

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.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Learn from others' mistakes

1. Inexperienced Leadership

02 - The importance of leadership
03 - Attributes of a good cybersecurity leader
04 - Recognizing poor leadership
05 - Detrimental effects of poor leadership
06 - How leaders, workers, and executives can improve

2. Deprioritizing Strategic Thinking

07 - The importance of strategic goals
08 - The trade-off between strategy and tactics
09 - Avoiding burnout
10 - Plan and optimize for resource allocation

3. Failing to Optimize for Threats

11 - Abundant vulnerabilities with finite resources
12 - Know your enemy
13 - Understand likely attacks
14 - Threat assessment starts with the attackers

4. Insufficient Organizational Teamwork

15 - Security doesn t operate in a vacuum
16 - Leaders must accept costs and friction
17 - Relevance is key to gaining support

5. Failing to Maximize Value

18 - Inherently a losing proposition
19 - Showing value and relevant outcomes
20 - Build, compare, and compete

Conclusion

21 - Be on the lookout