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WHAT EVERY BUSINESS
LEADER SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT CYBER RISK
A
s 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
cyberworld. This paper shares their
perspective on five fundamental areas
that will help businesses take back
control of cyber-risk and be better
prepared for the unknown.
Introduction: 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
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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 purpose.
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
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proliferating threat landscape that has
become both increasingly sophisticated
and easy to access by those that would
do harm. u
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