Rational Cybersecurity for Business: The Security Leaders' Guide to Business Alignment

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D. BlumRational Cybersecurity for Businesshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5952-8_1

1. Executive Overview

Dan Blum¹ 

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Silver Spring, MD, USA

 

To even begin to achieve the promise of cybersecurity, security and business leaders must align to rationalize cybersecurity. They must go beyond the myths – such as the one that cybersecurity is just a technical problem – that still mislead many in the market.

Myths aside, basic concepts of Rational Cybersecurity are already conventional wisdom. We’ve all heard that “Security is about people, process, and technology.” But that can sound like overly general advice not calibrated to our type of IT environment or business. And where do we begin? Conventional wisdom advises starting with ...