CIO opinion
CIO OPINION
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CYBER-RISKS
DO NOT JUST AFFECT IT
SYSTEMS, BUT ARE ALSO
A CONTRIBUTORY FACTOR,
AND EVEN ENHANCE THE
LIKELIHOOD OF BUSINESS
OR PHYSICAL RISK.
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(ISC)2 members share their perspective on fundamental areas that
will help businesses take back control of cyber-risk
What every business
leader should know
about cyber-risk
As a non-profit professional
association with 125,000
certified cyber, information,
software and infrastructure
security professionals, (ISC)2
and its members are working
to raise awareness of what
occurs on the front lines
of cybersecurity practice
to ensure a safer and
more secure cyber world.
This article shares their
perspective on fundamental
areas that will help
businesses take back control
of cyber-risk and be better
prepared for the unknown.
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Cyber-risk is a business risk
Rapid adoption of technologies is
transforming the business landscape at
a relentless pace.
The pressure is on to reap the benefits
of connecting every system, however
sophisticated or simple, from the high-
profile innovations such as driverless
cars, and remotely connected medical
devices to the tasks that allow product
fulfilment and inventory management
across a vast and distributed network
of retailers.
It’s a transformation that reaches far
beyond the systems themselves to
enhance what people can achieve and
their levels of independence, delivering
huge productivity gains and new
opportunities for organisations.
Unfortunately, the transformation
comes with new risks as hostile
individuals and groups have also
exploited the changing landscape for
nefarious purposes. Such threat actors
have the skill, the motivation and the
time to research targets, craft and
launch attacks, and are contributing
to an evolving and proliferating threat
landscape that has become both
increasingly sophisticated and easy to
access by those that would do harm.
Businesses and organisations have as a
result found themselves dependent on
new capabilities long before they have
developed a clear understanding for
how they are leaving them vulnerable.
For most organisations, whatever
their size, cybersecurity has been a
consideration. Preparations, however,
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