In Chapter 9, I mentioned a study released in September 2021 that showed that 91 percent of security teams had felt pressure to compromise security during the pandemic in the name of business continuity, creating a “ticking time bomb” for corporate security incidents. Compromised security leaves holes in an organization for criminals to walk right through and these holes can remain there for years.
Yet, among certain business leaders, there is a willingness to leave these holes unpatched due to the ...