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Ingredients for a Successful Cybersecurity Strategy

There’s no doubt that enterprises today, more than ever, need effective cybersecurity strategies. However, a sound strategy is not in and of itself a guarantee of success. There are several ingredients that are necessary for a cybersecurity program to be successful. This chapter will describe what a cybersecurity strategy looks like and each of the necessary ingredients for success in detail.

Let’s begin with a fundamental question that we’ll need to answer before discussing cybersecurity strategies in any detail: what do we actually mean when we say “cybersecurity strategy”?

What is a cybersecurity strategy?

Organizations that have a super-strong security culture essentially have cybersecurity ...

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