With the aim of fortifying defenses and navigating changing risks, IT security leaders shared their New Year's resolutions, with a focus on their planned initiatives and strategic objectives to bolster organizational security posture.
The New Year's resolutions discussed by CISOs and security leaders for 2024 shed light on a multifaceted approach to shoring up cybersecurity practices as the evolving impact from artificial intelligence and generative AI loom over the industry.
Other resolutions highlighted the need for building a robust security culture amid evolving technologies and regulatory landscapes, emphasizing the risks associated with human error and AI-driven attacks.
It's important to understand the business' critical products and processes, be able to model out potentially disruptive scenarios, and determine if the organization's BC/DR and IR plans sufficiently mitigate the associated risks.
Rinki Sethi, CISO, Bill In 2024, security and IT leaders have an opportunity to be proactive and make significant security improvements, including building a strong culture of security.
Katie McCullough, CISO, Panzura As we embrace the New Year, organizations should adopt resolutions that not only fortify their defenses but also ensure agility and resilience.
A paramount resolution is to establish mechanisms that guarantee minimal impact in the event of a security breach.
This proactive approach in risk management requires continuous monitoring and evaluation of the organization's security posture to identify potential vulnerabilities.
This means designing cybersecurity measures that are robust yet user-friendly, ensuring that security protocols do not hinder productivity or user experience.
Devin Ertel, CISO, Menlo Security I would begin the year by conducting a thorough risk assessment, identifying potential vulnerabilities, and strategically allocating resources to address the most pressing concerns.
This involves a judicious allocation of financial resources to implement robust security measures.
Striking the right balance between investment in cutting-edge technologies and ensuring the scalability and sustainability of security initiatives is paramount.
Many organizations started implementing passwordless authentication to enhance security and improve the user experience.
Let your peers and leaders know what you could bring to manage security risks in common business scenarios, including acquisitions, new products or service launches, investments, market entry, or downsizing.
To be proactive, CISOs should be completing or updating an overall maturity assessment of their organization, updating their risk registers, and ensuring a solid two- to three-year roadmap is established for their organization.
Risk register updates should result in mitigation and controls that bolster an organization's ability to withstand a cyberattack.
Dana Simberkoff, Chief Risk, Privacy, and Information Security Officer, AvePoint AI is coming and resistance is futile.
Considering this, security and privacy professionals must work with their IT and business counterparts to develop and implement generative AI acceptable-use policies.
Especially given how quickly applications of AI and machine learning have impacted our work, and how quickly this technology changes, security and privacy teams need to be agile in the new year.
Otherwise, you may end up finding that security by obscurity is no longer a fallback defense.
This Cyber News was published on www.darkreading.com. Publication date: Fri, 29 Dec 2023 14:00:06 +0000