CEO Cybersecurity To-Do List: Sadin on Digital

The Big Themes:



Wake-up call for boards and C-Suites: What do
we hear from victims? “We didn’t think we’d be a target.”


In our emerging acceleration economy: Firms
can’t afford the lost time, the lost revenue/added costs, the
hit to reputation a successful attack causes.


Firms must do six things well: Robust
prevention, quick detection, defense in depth, keeping secrets
secret, effective repair/restoration, and not keeping your eggs
in one basket.


Manage systemic risk, not just cybersecurity:
If someone can waltz in and unplug the firewall, are you
secure?



 


The Big Quotes:


“There's a John Chambers quote that I've used before. There are
two kinds of companies: those that have been hacked, and those
they don't know that they've been hacked.”


 


“And if you're an executive and you had trouble understanding
that, listen again, because nothing I said is very technical.”


 


“If your systems are cruddy and 15 years old and not connected,
you might be in a full-time hygiene mode.”


 


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