Intelligent CISO Issue 54 | Page 43

As public sector organisations look to drive efficiency with service provision , Digital Transformation plays a key role here . secure way , while also ensuring it works alongside other IT infrastructure to create a robust perimeter around the business .
EXPERT OPINION will only increase vulnerabilities . IT will look to invest in technologies and solutions which streamline internal processes and allow the businesses to run productively , board level executives will be keen to do this in as low-cost a manner as possible , while security will be keen to ensure that they ’ ve dotted all the ‘ Is ’ and crossed all the ‘ Ts ’ when it comes to baking security in . A board level security advocate will ensure that the organisation ’ s cybersecurity posture and maturity matches the level of transformation . This means having the right skills and training in place to adopt technology and implement it in a

As public sector organisations look to drive efficiency with service provision , Digital Transformation plays a key role here . secure way , while also ensuring it works alongside other IT infrastructure to create a robust perimeter around the business .

In short , a cybersecurity person on the board would look at security from a structural , procedural and technical level , to help the business achieve its goals while protecting it from malicious actors . With security siloed to IT , the risk is that security becomes an afterthought and an add on , until it ’ s far too late . At that point , the social and financial costs are far greater than the cost of protecting the organisation . u www . intelligentciso . com
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