security maturity

July 14, 2016

The Value of a Hacked Company

This post was originally published on this siteMost organizations only grow in security maturity the hard way — that is, from the intense learning that takes place in the wake of a costly data breach. That may be because so few company leaders really grasp the centrality of computer and network security to the organization’s overall goals and productivity, and fewer still have taken an honest inventory of what may be at stake in the event that these assets are compromised. If you’re unsure how much of your organization’s strategic assets may be intimately tied up with all this technology stuff, ask yourself what would […]
July 21, 2023

Few Fortune 100 Firms List Security Pros in Their Executive Ranks

This post was originally published on this siteMany things have changed since 2018, such as the names of the companies in the Fortune 100 list. But one aspect of that vaunted list that hasn’t shifted much since is that very few of these companies list any security professionals within their top executive ranks. The next time you receive a breach notification letter that invariably says a company you trusted places a top priority on customer security and privacy, consider this: Only four of the Fortune 100 companies currently list a security professional in the executive leadership pages of their websites. […]