My article this week discusses the business risks associated with cyber security. It lists many statistics about how many organizations are attacked and the amount of money and reputation lost as a result of these attacks. I don’t disagree that it seems like every day we hear more and more attacks and new vulnerabilities being exploited. I do, however, disagree with the\u00a0conclusion that the author has drawn as a result of the increased focus on cyber security. The author asserts that cyber security is just now becoming a business risk instead of an IT issue and that executives now need to focus on it more. I think that cyber security has always been a business risk and not just an IT issue, but executives are just now starting to listen to what IT professionals have been telling them for ages. IT is often part of the solution to fix cyber security vulnerabilities, but organizations have always been wrong to classify cyber security as a solely IT issue and I think they are finally starting to realize this as a result of the impact on businesses we have seen from cyber incidents.<\/p>\n
Do you agree with me or the author of the article? Has cyber security always been a business risk or is it now becoming a business risk because of the increase in the frequency and severity of cyber incidents?<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/edelmantechnology\/2017\/10\/11\/cyber-security-is-a-business-risk-not-just-an-it-problem\/#1c064ba77832<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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