Cybersecurity threats are no longer a distant concern—they’re a daily reality for businesses of all sizes. From organized crime to foreign actors, the risks are pervasive and growing. High-profile breaches like Equifax and the Office of Personnel Management have exposed millions of records, underscoring the urgency for robust cyber defenses.
Assessing Your Cybersecurity Program
Cybercrime is projected to cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, with businesses losing $400 billion each year to attacks and disruptions. Despite these staggering figures, many companies still struggle to build effective cybersecurity programs.
Organizations often react to incidents with major spending, but this approach can miss the mark. Cybersecurity talent is scarce and expensive, and most breaches stem from human error—not technology gaps. A thoughtful, standards-based approach is more effective.
Opportunity in Crisis
Every threat presents an opportunity. Companies can strengthen their defenses by adopting frameworks like the NIST Risk Management Framework, developed through a public-private partnership. This framework helps organizations manage risk while promoting innovation, privacy, and economic growth.
Ignoring cybersecurity is no longer an option. With the right strategy, companies can turn today’s threats into tomorrow’s competitive advantage.
Outcomes and Next Steps
What are you aiming for in your agile transformation, and what are your logical next steps to success? Do you get the mental head nod from your executive sponsor, or a puzzled look because you have not yet clearly defined the problem? Perhaps a data-driven, culturally aligned and thoughtful approach is needed to foster agile maturity and drive business value – and not the big bang. If so, we would be happy to help.
