Why a cybersecurity assessment is not a vote of no confidence

Even if you’re an IT professional feeling a bit skeptical about the board’s intentions, you can still see that their involvement is a great chance to align security measures with the company’s broader goals. It’s all about framing this as a partnership, not a critique. One of the best ways to do that is through a cybersecurity assessment that actually makes sense.

The crucial role of business alignment in cybersecurity

Though Zero Trust is here to stay, that doesn’t mean implementation is easy. Rob Maas is one of the leading Zero Trust consultants and the Field CTO at ON2IT. In this second part of his blog series he answers the question: what part does business alignment play in cybersecurity implementations?

Why critical incident response is the ER of cybersecurity

A Cyber Security Incident Response Team is the emergency room of cybersecurity. You don’t want to need one, but once something bad happens, the ER doctors might just save your life. You don’t want to need critical incident response, but once a cyber incident occurs, you’ll be glad you have a team ready.

The impact of cybersecurity on your organization’s profit

Return on Investment (ROI) in the context of cybersecurity measures is a hot subject. Which makes sense, as technology providers don’t want to position cybersecurity as a cost with no return. But how accurate is that discussion?

This should keep you up at night as a CEO: cybersecurity on pager duty

Strangely, most companies, including larger organizations, have set up their cybersecurity according to the above pager duty model. Truly incomprehensible, as cold statistics tell you that ransomware, data theft or cyber sabotage are a great threat to continuity than the traditional calamities that we do adequately deal with.