The new reality means security leaders need to understand everything from weather impacting regions, to socio-political shifts, to announcements in legislation or legal decisions that impact their businesses, customers, and suppliers, Ford noted. “Diversity of perspective is the CISO’s best friend. We require discussion and insight from operations, legal, privacy, and compliance to first enumerate, and only then, understand the ways regional events impact the business.”
To help cybersecurity leaders, here are four tips to mitigate some of these risks:
Understand your risks and exposure
Everything in cyber starts with an inventory, and it’s no different when it comes to understanding global supply chain risks. Knowing where your people operate from, where services are delivered from and to, where technology is hosted or sourced from, and knowing all the regions that your organization has business relationships with, is fundamental to supply chain security, according to Ford.
