Intelligent CISO Issue 04 | Page 15

latest intelligence 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 www.intelligentciso.com | Issue 04 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 PRESENTED BY proliferating threat landscape that has become both increasingly sophisticated and easy to access by those that would do harm. u DOWNLOAD WHITEPAPERS AT: WWW.INTELLIGENTCISO.COM/ WHITEPAPERS 15